The corpus record

παχνόω

pachnoo

congeal, solidify

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Where it lives

Libation Bearers 1 · 1.86/10k
Works and Days 1 · 1.73/10k
Iliad 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant — LSJ

congeal, solidify

congeal, solidify, Plu. Pyth. 2.396b :—Pass., ib. QConv. 736a.

b to be covered with rime

πεπαχνῶσθαι to be covered with rime, Gp. 12.17.1.

2 strike chill, made, curdle, is cold and stiff

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.

In the wild

παχνουμένη · pachnoumenē Aeschylus, Libation Bearers 82–83
ἐπάχνωσεν · epachnōsen Works and Days 359–362
παχνοῦται · pachnoutai Iliad 17.112

Where it came from

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