παχύνω
pachyno
fatten
Appears 44 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
παχύνω, pf. Pass. πεπάχυσμαι Mu. 394a28, Gym. 52, but πεπάχυμμαι 6.678, ap. 1.49.68 :—A. fatten, τὰ σώματα Grg. 518c ; βοῦν R. 343b ; ἴππον Oec. 12.20 :—Pass., grow fat, Aph. 5.44, Ach. 791 ; δαιτὶ παχυνόμενος AP 7.207 () ; παχυνθῇ ἡ ἀκρίς Ec. 12.5. b. thicken, strengthen, δεσμόν Abst. 1.38. 2. metaph., cause to wax fat, increase, κότον π. Supp. 618 :—Pass., ὄλβος ἄγαν παχυνθείς Th. 771 (lyr.). b. metaph., make gross or dull, τὰς ψυχὰς ὑπὸ πλης μονῆς π. 2.995d ; βρώσεις τὸν νοῦν π. V A 1.8 :— Pass., Is. 6.10 ; πεπαχυσμένος VS 1.21.1 ; to be coarsened, [ψυχὴ] παρὰ τὴν ἰδίαν φύσιν πεπαχυμμένη l. c. ; περιβλήματα . . παχυνόμενα ὑπὸ τῆς γηίνης φύσεως in R.1.119 K. II. Pass., become thick, π. πρὸς τὸν ἥλιον, of the skull, 3.12 ; of humours, VM 19 ; of excrements, Prog. 11, cf. GA 735a36, al.; distd. from πήγνυσθαι, Mete. 383a11, b18 ; of fruit juices, become concentrated, CP 6.16.2 ; of oil, Gym. 52. 2. to be dulled, of the sunʼs light, 35.
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