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παχύνω

παχύνω, to thicken, fatten

παχύν-ω, pf. Pass. πεπάχυσμαι Arist. Mu. 394a28, Philostr. Gym. 52, but πεπάχυμμαι Gal. 6.678, Herm. ap. Stob. 1.49.68:—
  • fatten, τὰ σώματα Pl. Grg. 518c; βοῦν Id. R. 343b; ἴππον X. Oec. 12.20:—Pass., grow fat, Hp. Aph. 5.44, Ar. Ach. 791; δαιτὶ παχυνόμενος AP 7.207 (Mel.); παχυνθῇ ἡ ἀκρίς LXX Ec. 12.5.
        • b thicken, strengthen, δεσμόν Porph. Abst. 1.38.
      • 2 metaph., cause to wax fat, increase, κότον π. A. Supp. 618:—Pass., ὄλβος ἄγαν παχυνθείς Id. Th. 771 (lyr.).
        • b metaph., make gross or dull, τὰς ψυχὰς ὑπὸ πλης μονῆς π. Plu. Es. carn. 1 2.995d; βρώσεις τὸν νοῦν π. Philostr. VA 1.8:— Pass., LXX Is. 6.10; πεπαχυσμένος Philostr. VS 1.21.1; to be coarsened, [ψυχὴ] παρὰ τὴν ἰδίαν φύσιν πεπαχυμμένη Herm. l.c.; περιβλήματα . . παχυνόμενα ὑπὸ τῆς γηίνης φύσεως Procl. in R. 1.119 K.
    • II Pass., become thick, π. πρὸς τὸν ἥλιον, of the skull, Hdt. 3.12; of humours, Hp. VM 19; of excrements, Id. Prog. 11, cf. Arist. GA 735a36, al.; distd. from πήγνυσθαι, Id. Mete. 383a11, b18; of fruit juices, become concentrated, Thphr. CP 6.16.2; of oil, Philostr. Gym. 52.
      • 2 to be dulled, of the sunʼs light, D.P. 35.

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