primum frigidumn.

Brit.

/ˌprʌɪməm ˈfrɪdʒᵻdəm/,

/ˌpriːməm ˈfrɪdʒᵻdəm/, U.S.

/ˌpraɪməm ˈfrɪdʒᵻd(ə)m/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin primum frigidum.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin primum frigidum (1552 in de primo frigido , the title of a treatise by Plutarch, in his Moralia), literally ‘first cold’ < classical Latin prīmum , neuter of prīmus prime adj. + frīgidum cold, use as noun of neuter of frīgidus frigid adj., after Hellenistic Greek τὸ πρώτως ψυχρόν.

Now historical.

Absolute or pure cold, considered by Parmenides (c450 b.c.) to be an elementary substance; the origin or source of cold.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > [noun] > absolute cold, as elementary substance

primum frigidum1626

1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §69 The Earth being (as hath beene noted by some) Primum Frigidum.

1665 R. Boyle New Exper. & Observ. Cold xvii. §2 I think, that, before men had so hotly disputed, which is the Primum Frigidum, they would have done well to inquire, whether there be any such thing or no.

1671 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 6 3043 The air is the Primum Frigidum by nature; the same cause, that hath made it air, having made it cold.

1902 J. Nichol Francis Bacon II. i. ii. 28 Both [Plato and Aristotle] agree in thinking there is something gained in the mere tautology of referring heat, cold, and motion to a primum calidum, primum frigidum, and primum mobile.

1999 Copley News Service (Nexis) 27 Dec. The source of all cooling in the world was primum frigidum, an unidentified entity that may have been air or earth or water or nitre.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	primum frigidum
释义	primum frigidumn. Brit. /ˌprʌɪməm ˈfrɪdʒᵻdəm/, /ˌpriːməm ˈfrɪdʒᵻdəm/, U.S. /ˌpraɪməm ˈfrɪdʒᵻd(ə)m/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin primum frigidum. Etymology: < post-classical Latin primum frigidum (1552 in de primo frigido , the title of a treatise by Plutarch, in his Moralia), literally ‘first cold’ < classical Latin prīmum , neuter of prīmus prime adj. + frīgidum cold, use as noun of neuter of frīgidus frigid adj., after Hellenistic Greek τὸ πρώτως ψυχρόν. Now historical. Absolute or pure cold, considered by Parmenides (c450 b.c.) to be an elementary substance; the origin or source of cold. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > [noun] > absolute cold, as elementary substance primum frigidum1626 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §69 The Earth being (as hath beene noted by some) Primum Frigidum. 1665 R. Boyle New Exper. & Observ. Cold xvii. §2 I think, that, before men had so hotly disputed, which is the Primum Frigidum, they would have done well to inquire, whether there be any such thing or no. 1671 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 6 3043 The air is the Primum Frigidum by nature; the same cause, that hath made it air, having made it cold. 1902 J. Nichol Francis Bacon II. i. ii. 28 Both [Plato and Aristotle] agree in thinking there is something gained in the mere tautology of referring heat, cold, and motion to a primum calidum, primum frigidum, and primum mobile. 1999 Copley News Service (Nexis) 27 Dec. The source of all cooling in the world was primum frigidum, an unidentified entity that may have been air or earth or water or nitre. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1626
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