thicken
thicken
v. trans.
Use Ar. and P. πᾰχύνειν.
Solidify: P. and V. πηγνύναι.
V. intrans. Ar. and P. πᾰχύνεσθαι.
Become solid: P. and V. πήγνυσθαι.
Met., increase: P. and V. αὐξά̆νεσθαι; see increase.
v. trans.
Use Ar. and P. πᾰχύνειν.
Solidify: P. and V. πηγνύναι.
V. intrans. Ar. and P. πᾰχύνεσθαι.
Become solid: P. and V. πήγνυσθαι.
Met., increase: P. and V. αὐξά̆νεσθαι; see increase.
THICKEN
Transitively densare: condensare: spissare: conspissare: solidare [SYN. in THICK.]
Intransitively densari: condensari: spissari: spissescere: solidescere.
Transitively densare: condensare: spissare: conspissare: solidare [SYN. in THICK.]
Intransitively densari: condensari: spissari: spissescere: solidescere.
thicken:
I. To make thick:
1. denso, no pf., 1, or denseo, no pf., 2 (the former in Liv.: Quint.: Virg.: the latter in Lucr.: Hor.: Tac.: Virg. and late Latin): to t. what was just now thin, d. erant rara quae modo, Virg. G. 1, 419: to t. milk into butter, d. lac in butyrum, Plin. 11, 41, 96. The comp. condenso, 1, is to press close together.
2. spisso, 1: to t. milk, Plin. 11, 41, 90: the comps. conspisso, inspisso, occur only in the part.: t.'d soil, conspissatum solum, Col. 2, 18, 5: flesh t.'d as in warts, caro inspissata quomodo in verrucis, Veget. Vet. 2, 30, 1.
3. crasso, 1: hairs are t.'d into bristles, pili crassantur in setas, App. M. 3, p. 139: Cael. Aur. has crassĭfĭco, 1.
4. cōgo, coēgi, coactum, 3 (to condense): to t. milk by cold, c. lac frigore, Virg. G. 4, 35: Plin.
5. obdūro, 1 (to harden: cook's t. t.): Apic.: v.HARDEN .
II. To grow thick:
1. expr. by some of the preced. verbs in the pass. or with pron. refl. (which is sometimes omitted): the darkness t.s, densantur tenebrae, Virg. G. 1, 248: they do not allow the roots to t., non sinunt radices condensare (sc. se), Col. 2, 18, 6.
2. or by an incept. verb: as crassesco, 3: wine t.s, crassescit vinum, Plin. 23, 1, 22: Col.: spissesco, 3: the cloud t.s, spissescit nubes, Lucr. 6, 176: dūresco, dūrui, 3: Cic.: Virg.: v.HARDEN : crebresco, 3, is used only fig. of reports or rumours.
I. To make thick:
1. denso, no pf., 1, or denseo, no pf., 2 (the former in Liv.: Quint.: Virg.: the latter in Lucr.: Hor.: Tac.: Virg. and late Latin): to t. what was just now thin, d. erant rara quae modo, Virg. G. 1, 419: to t. milk into butter, d. lac in butyrum, Plin. 11, 41, 96. The comp. condenso, 1, is to press close together.
2. spisso, 1: to t. milk, Plin. 11, 41, 90: the comps. conspisso, inspisso, occur only in the part.: t.'d soil, conspissatum solum, Col. 2, 18, 5: flesh t.'d as in warts, caro inspissata quomodo in verrucis, Veget. Vet. 2, 30, 1.
3. crasso, 1: hairs are t.'d into bristles, pili crassantur in setas, App. M. 3, p. 139: Cael. Aur. has crassĭfĭco, 1.
4. cōgo, coēgi, coactum, 3 (to condense): to t. milk by cold, c. lac frigore, Virg. G. 4, 35: Plin.
5. obdūro, 1 (to harden: cook's t. t.): Apic.: v.
II. To grow thick:
1. expr. by some of the preced. verbs in the pass. or with pron. refl. (which is sometimes omitted): the darkness t.s, densantur tenebrae, Virg. G. 1, 248: they do not allow the roots to t., non sinunt radices condensare (sc. se), Col. 2, 18, 6.
2. or by an incept. verb: as crassesco, 3: wine t.s, crassescit vinum, Plin. 23, 1, 22: Col.: spissesco, 3: the cloud t.s, spissescit nubes, Lucr. 6, 176: dūresco, dūrui, 3: Cic.: Virg.: v.