πεπαίνω
pepaino
ripen
Appears 9 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
πεπαίνω, aor. ἐπέπᾱνα (v. infr. 2) :—Pass., fut. πεπανθήσομαι : aor. ἐπεπάνθην (v. infr.) : pf. inf. πεπάνθαι Pr. 925a13 : (πέπων) :— A. ripen, 1.193 ; ὀρχάτους ὀπωρινούς Fr. 896 ; π. τὴν ὀπώραν, of the vine, bring its fruit to maturity or perfection, Oec. 19.19, cf. Mir. 846b1 ; [ἡ συκῆ] π. τέτταρας καρπούς HP 4.2.3; but [συκῆ] π. τὴν σάρκα τοῦ ὄρνιθος, by being boiled with it, 2.697b : abs., διασκοπῶν ἥδομαι τὰς . . ἀμπέλους, εἰ πεπαίνουσιν ἤδη, i.e. if the grapes are ripening, Pax 1163(lyr.) :—Pass., become ripe, 4.199, Ion Trag.57, Trag.Adesp. 396, Gp. 4.6.1, etc. 2. metaph., soften, assuage, πεπᾶναι ὀργήν V. 646 ; χρόνος ὁ πάντα πεπαίνειν εἰωθώς 2.102a ; ὀργὴ πεπανθήσεται Cyr. 4.5.21 ; τὸ πεπανθὲν ἔρωτος τραῦμα AP 12.80 () ; of a person, ἢν πεπανθῇς Heracl. 159. 3. in Pass., of tumours, soften and suppurate, Epid. 6.2.16 ; of illness generally, come to a head, mature, Aph. 2.40, Prog. 12 ; μέχρι ἂν τῆς νούσου ἡ ἀκμὴ πεπανθῇ Acut. 38 ; also οὖρα πεπαινόμενα Epid. 1.3. 4. χρὼς ἐπὶ χρωτὶ πεπαίνετο grew warm, 2.140.
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