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παχνόω

παχνόω, to congeal, make solid

παχν-όω,
  • congeal, solidify, Plu. Pyth. 2.396b:—Pass., ib. QConv. 736a.
        • b πεπαχνῶσθαι to be covered with rime, Gp. 12.17.1.
      • 2 metaph., strike chill, ἐπάχνωσεν φίλον ἦτορ made his blood curdle, Hes. Op. 360:— mostly in Pass., ἦτορ παχνοῦται his heart is cold and stiff [with grief], Il. 17.112; παχνοῦσθαι πένθεσιν, λύπῃ, A. Ch. 83 (lyr.), E. Hipp. 803: in later Prose, ἐπαχνώθη J. BJ 1.28.3.

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