πέψις
πέψις, softening, ripening
πέψις, εως, Ion. ιος, ἡ, (πέσσω)
- softening, ripening, or changing by means of heat (Arist. Mete. 379b18, GA 775a17, Pr. 907a18):
- I of fruit, πέπανσίς ἐστιπ. τις Id. Mete. 380a11, cf. Thphr. HP 1.12.2, 5.1.3 (pl.).
- II cooking of food, including both ἕψησις and ὄπτησις (cooking by water or by dry heat), Arist. Mete. 380b13, 381a23; κλίβανος καιόμενος εἰς π. LXX Ho. 7.4.
- b largess of cooked food, IGRom. 4.1637 (Philadelphia).
- 2 of wine, fermentation, Plu. QConv. 2.656a.
- III Medic., digestion of food, ὁμοία ἑψήσει Arist. Mete. 381b7, cf. PA 650a4, al.; τὰ τῆς π. ὄργανα Gal. Nat.Fac. 1.10; π. καὶ ἀνάδοσις Porph. Abst. 1.45: pl., Agatharch. 77.
- 2 ripening, ‘concoction’ of acrid humours, Hp. VM 18, cf. Plu. Cons.Apoll. 2.102a.
- b concoction, as a function of the animal organs, ἡ τοῦ σπέρματος π. Arist. GA 719b2; ἡ διάκρισις π. ἐστί ib. 775a17; of milk, ib. 776b35.
πέψις, εως (ἡ)
I cuisson, particul. :
1 cuisson des aliments, Arstt. Meteor. 4, 38, etc. ||
2 maturation d’un fruit, Arstt. Meteor. 4, 3, 1, etc. ||
3 fermentation du vin, Plut. M. 656a ||
4 cuisson ou maturation des humeurs, Hpc. V. med. 15 ||
5 p. suite, sécrétion des liquides ou humeurs, Arstt. G.A. 1, 12, 2, etc. ||
6 maturation ou guérison d’une blessure, Plut. M. 102a ||
II digestion, Arstt. Meteor. 4, 3, 21, etc.
Étym. πέσσω.
πέψις, ἡ, das Kochen, Backen, τῶν καρπῶν, Reifen, Theophr.; bes. das Verdauen, die Verdauung, Tim.Locr. 101a, Hippocr. u. Sp. – Vom Weine, die Gährung, Plut. Symp. 3.7.1.