πύκνωσις
πύκνωσις, condensation
πύκν-ωσις, εως, ἡ,
- condensation, opp. μάνωσις, Arist. Ph. 260b8; opp. ἀραίωσις, Epicur. Nat. 14Fr. 11, Plu. QConv. 2.695b; π. ὑδατώδης, of the air, Arist. Mete. 372b31; τὸ νέφος π. ἀέρος Id. Top. 146b29; ἡ διὰ ψῦχος π. S.E. P. 1.238.
- II (from πυκνόομαι) condensed matter, Arist. Mete. 344a16, Plu. QConv. 2.721a (pl.).
- 2 frequency of the pulse, Marcellin. Puls. 228.
- III in Tactics, close order, κατὰ τὰς ἐναγωνίους π. Plb. 18.29.2; τῶν σαρισῶν Id. 18.30.3, cf. Onos. 10.2 (pl.); esp. of the phalanx, Ascl. Tact. 4.1,3, Ael. Tact. 11.3, Arr. Tact. 11.3.
- IV Rhet., aggregation, τῶν ἐκλελεγμένων Longin. 10.1.
πύκνωσις, εως (ἡ)
1 action d’épaissir ou de rendre compact, condensation, Arstt. Phys. 8, 7, 5, etc. ; p. opp. à ἀραίωσις, Plut. M. 695b ||
2 matière condensée, particul. air, Arstt. Meteor. 1, 7, 4 ; masse compacte, en parl. de la phalange, Pol. 18, 12, 2, etc.
Étym. πυκνόω.
πύκνωσις, ἡ, das Dicht- oder Festmachen, Plut. Brut. 25 ; bes. in der Schlachtordnung, die Glieder, Pol. 18.12.2. – Auch = πυκνότης, Arist. Meteor. 3.3.