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καταπύκν-ωσις

katapuknosis · ἡ

condensation

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What it meant

καταπύκν-ωσις · katapykn-ōsis — LSJ

condensation, densification, solidification

condensation (v. καταπυκνόω II), τοῦ ἡδομένου densification, solidification of pleasure by filling in unoccupied gaps in time and completing the penetration of the organism, Epicur. Fr. 432: pl., Dam. Pr. 354.

2 close packing

in Music, close packing of the intervals in a scale, Aristox. Harm. p.7 M., Nicom. Harm. 11.

Where it came from

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