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παχύν-ω

pachuno

fatten, grow fat, thicken, strengthen

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Where it lives

Odae 1 · 2.46/10k
Ecclesiastes 1 · 2.21/10k
Symposium 2 · 2.1/10k
Suppliant Maidens 1 · 2.07/10k
Seven Against Thebes 1 · 1.99/10k
De Mundo 1 · 1.58/10k
On the Art of Horsemanship 1 · 1.44/10k
De Sensu et Sensibilibus 1 · 1.28/10k
Economics 2 · 1.12/10k
Isaias 2 · 0.76/10k
Regnorum II 1 · 0.62/10k
Acts 1 · 0.56/10k

Densest 12 of 17 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — LSJ

fatten, grow fat

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

thicken, strengthen, δεσμόν Porph. Abst. 1.38.

2 cause to wax fat, increase

metaph., cause to wax fat, increase, κότον π. A. Supp. 618 :—Pass., ὄλβος ἄγαν παχυνθείς Id. Th. 771 (lyr.).

b make gross, dull, to be coarsened

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 become thick, become concentrated

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

to be dulled, of the sunʼs light, D.P. 35.

In the wild

παχυνθείς · pachyntheis Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 769–771
παχῦναι · pachynai Aeschylus, Suppliant Maidens 615–620
πεπαχυσμένου · pepachysmenou Aristotle, De Mundo (DIORISIS sentence 58)
παχυνόμενον · pachynomenon Aristotle, De Sensu et Sensibilibus (DIORISIS sentence 89)
παχύνεται · pachynetai Herodotus, Histories 3.12.2 (DIORISIS sentence 2933)
ἐπαχύνθη · epachynthē New Testament, Acts 28.27 (DIORISIS sentence 961)

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