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πάχος

πάχος, thickness

πάχος [ᾰ], εος, τό, (παχύς)
  • thickness, τόσσον ἔην μῆκος τόσσον π. Od. 9.324; εἰ ἔχοι π. ἔχοι ἂν μόρια Meliss. 9; τὸ π. τοῦ τείχους Th. 1.93; τῆς πλίνθου Id. 3.20: pl., τὰ π. τῶν τριχῶν Arist. HA 517b8; τὰ π. αὐτῶν ἐκμυελιεῖ LXX Nu. 24.8; σκήνεια ὀρθὰ καὶ πάχη ἔχοντα PCair.Zen. 353.11 (iii B. C.): abs., πάχος in thickness, Hdt. 4.81, IG 1(2).372.11; also πάχει μάκει τε Pi. P. 4.245.
      • 2 σαρκὸς π. stoutness, E. Cyc. 380; διὰ πάχος τοῦ σώματος Antiph. 19; opp. λεπτότης, Pl. R. 523e, etc.
      • 3 consistency, thickness, of liquids or fluids, Arist. Sens. 441a29, GA 739a12; τὸ π. τῆς θαλάσσης, attributed to its saltness, Id. Mete. 359a7; ὥστε γίνεσθαι τὸ π. ὡς κυκεῶνα Ph. Bel. 89.21.
      • 4 in concrete sense, thick mass, Dsc. 5.18.

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