{Neither cold} (oute psuchros). Old word from psuch(935c), to
grow cold ( Mt 24:12 ), in N.T. only  Mt 10:42  and this passage.
{Nor hot} (oute zestos). Late verbal from ze(935c), to boil, ( Ro
12:11 ), boiling hot, here only in N.T. {I would thou wert}
(ophelon (8873)). Wish about the present with ophelon (really
(9370)helon, second aorist active indicative of opheil(935c), without
augment) with the imperfect (8873) (instead of the infinitive) as
in  2Co 11:1 , when the old Greek used eithe or ei gar. See
 1Co 4:8  for the aorist indicative and  Ga 5:12  for the future.