πυκινός

πῠκῐνός, πυκινῶς, v. πυκνός.

πυκινός, poet. gedehnte Form = πυκνός.

πυκινός

-ή, -όν, πυκνός, -ή, -όν

[πύκα.]

• • 1

    Close in texture, dense, thick : πυκινὸν νέφος Il. 5.751=Il. 8.395, νεφέλην Il. 16.298.

  • 2

    Of things placed close together or at short intervals, close-set, thick : πυκινοῖσι λίθοισιν Il. 16.212. Cf. Il. 12.57, Il. 13.133=Il. 16.217, Il. 21.245, Il. 24.453, 798 : ὀδόντες πυκνοί Od. 12.92. Cf. Od. 5.329, 433, 480, Od. 14.12, Od. 19.520, Od. 23.193.

    Of things appearing together in a limited space, numerous, many : πυκναὶ σμώδιγγες ἀνέδραμον Il. 23.716.

  • 3

    In reference to construction, closely constructed or made, well fitted together, without breaks or interstices, affording good shelter, protection or security : πυκινὸν δόμον Il. 10.267, Il. 12.301, ἀσπίδα ῥινοῖσιν πυκινήν (made of closely fitted . . .) Il. 13.804. Cf. Il. 14.167 = 339, Il. 15.529, Il. 19.355 : Od. 6.134, Od. 7.81, 88, Od. 13.68, Od. 14.521, 529, Od. 23.229.

    Sim. of something natural, thick, affording close covert : ἐν λόχμῃ πυκινῇ Od. 19.439. Cf. Od. 19.442.

    Sim. of a bed, such as to afford good protection, warm, cosy : πυκινὸν λέχος Il. 9.621, 659 : Od. 7.340=Od. 23.291, Od. 23.177, 179.

    Letting nothing escape from within, holding its contents, tight, well-fenced : δέρμασιν ἐν πυκινοῖσιν Od. 2.291, πυκινοὺς κευθμῶνας Od. 10.283.

  • 4

    Of grief, overwhelming : πυκινὸν ἄχος Il. 16.599. Cf. Od. 19.516.

    Sim. of ἄτη, overpowering Il. 24.480.

  • 5

    Consisting of many individual persons or things, dense, close, thick : πυκιναὶ φάλαγγες Il. 4.281, Il. 5.93. Cf. Il. 7.61, Il. 11.118, Il. 13.145, 199, 680, Il. 14.349, Il. 18.320, Il. 23.122, 879 : ἐκ πυκινῆς ὕλης Od. 6.128. Cf. Od. 5.53, 471, Od. 10.150, 197, Od. 14.473.

  • 6

    Doing something at short intervals, thick-coming, coming thick and fast : πυκινοῖσι βελέεσσιν Il. 11.576. Cf. Od. 14.36.

    Falling quickly one after the other, falling fast or in a shower : ὣς πυκνὰ καρήατα δάμνατο λαῶν Il. 11.309. Cf. Il. 11.454 : τιναξάσθην πτερὰ πυκνά Od. 2.151. Cf. Od. 4.153.

  • 7

    Of the mind, or mental faculties, shrewd, astute, sagacious, wise : Διὸς πυκινὸν νόον Il. 15.461. Cf. Il. 14.294 (though . . .).

  • 8

    Displaying shrewdness, astuteness, sagacity, or wisdom, shrewd, astute, sagacious, wise, shrewdly or cunningly devised or contrived : τυκινὴν βουλήν Il. 2.55=Il. 10.302, Il. 9.76, πυκινὸν λόχον Il. 4.392, Il. 24.779 : Od. 11.525. Cf. Il. 3.202, 208, Il. 6.187, Il. 7.375, Il. 11.788, Il. 18.216, Il. 24.75, 282 = 674, 744 : Od. 3.23, Od. 19.353.

    Absol. in neut. pl. πυκινά, shrewdness, astuteness: πυκινὰ φρονέοντι Od. 9.445.

  • 9

    In neut. sing. πυκινόν as adv., in reference to grief which overwhelms one, heavily, sorely : πυκινόν περ ἀχεύων Od. 11.88.

  • 10

    In neut. pl. πυκινά, πυκνά, as adv.

  • • a

      With short intervals between : πήρην, πυκνὰ ῥωγαλένη (full of rents) Od. 13.438=Od. 17.198=Od. 18.109.

    • b

      At short intervals, often, much : ὣς πυκίνʼ ἀναστενάχιζεν Il. 10.9. Cf. Il. 18.318, Il. 21.417.

πῠκῐνός, πυκνός

• 1shrewd Σίσυφον μὲν πυκνότατον παλάμαις ὡς θεόν O. 13.52 πυκινὰν μῆτιν κλύοντες (sc. Μηδείας) P. 4.58 πυκινῷ θυμῷ (sc. Πελία) P. 4.73 ἀμφὶ πυκναῖς Τειρεσίαο βουλαῖς (Pauw: Τειρεσίαο πυκιναῖς codd.) I. 7.8 ἀπὸ Ταυγέτοιο μὲν Λάκαιναν ἐπὶ θηρσὶ κύνα τρέχειν πυκινώτατον ἑρπετόν fr. 106. 3.

πυκινός (πύκα): close, thick, compact; θώρηξ, ἀσπίς, χλαῖνα, Od. 14.521; with reference to the particles or parts of anything, νέφος, φάλαγγες, στίχες; of a bed with several coverings, ‘closely spread,’ Il. 9.621; πυκινὰ πτερά, perhaps to be taken adverbially, of the movements in close succession (see below), Od. 2.151, etc.; of thick foliage, ὄζος, θάμνος, ὕλη; ‘closely shut,’ ‘packed,’ θύρη, χηλός, Il. 14.167, Od. 13.68; metaph., ‘strong,’ ‘sore,’ ἄχος, ἄτη, Il. 16.599, Il. 24.480; wise, prudent, sagacious, φρένες, μήδεα, ἔπος, etc.—Adv., πυκ(ι)νόν, πυκ(ι)νά, πυκινῶς, close, fast, rapidly, often; also deeply, wisely.