πυκνόω
πυκν-όω,
2). contract, condense, opp.
μανόω,
Arist. Spir. 485a31 ; of the effect of cold,
Id. GA 783b1 :— Pass., of frozen water,
Antipho Soph. 29 ,
Arist. Metaph. 1042b28 ,
Mu. 394a33 ;
ὁ σίδηρος ὑπὸ τοῦ ψυχροῦ πυκνοῦται is contracted,
Plu. Alc. 6 ; of steam,
ὁ ἀτμὸς -οῦται καὶ σταγόνες ἀποπίπτουσι Hp. Flat. 8 .
II). pack close,
ἑωυτούς close their ranks,
Hdt. 9.18 , cf.
Ascl. Tact. 10.4 ,
Ael. Tact. 11.2 ( Pass.);
τὸ βάθος ἐπὶ τὸ δεξιόν Plb. 18.24.8 ;
τὴν τάξιν εἰς βάθος Plu. Flam. 8 ;
σαυτὸν στρόβει πυκνώσας spin yourself round
and concentrate your thoughts,
Ar. Nu. 701 (lyr.):— Pass.,
to be compressed,
εἰς ἐλάττω τόπον Arist. Cael. 296a18 ;[
τὴν διάνοιαν] πυκνοῦσθαι εἰκός Plu. 2.715c ;
τῷ πνεύματι πυκνουμένῳ, i.e. without taking breath,
Id. Dem. 11 .
b). in Logic,
πυκνοῦται τὸ μέσον is compressed, becomes closer in signification,
Arist. APo. 84b35 ; also
πεπύκνωται [ὁ Λυσίας] τοῖς νοήμασι, of a
terse style,
D.H. Lys. 5 .
IV). Pass.,
to be thickly covered,
ἡ γῆ τῶν [ἰχνῶν] πυκνοῦται with traces,
X. Cyn. 5.7 .
ShortDef
to make close
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Headword (normalized):
πυκνόω
Headword (normalized/stripped):
πυκνοω
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">πυκν-όω</span>, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">make close</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">solid</span>, <span class="quote greek">τὴν σάρκα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg036:865b:18" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg036:865b.18/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 865b18 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1595.tlg113:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1595.tlg113:8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Phld.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mort.</span> 8 </a>; of winds, <span class="foreign greek">νέφεσι π. τὸν οὐρανόν</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">thickens</span> it, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg026:364b:24" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg026:364b.24/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mete.</span> 364b24 </a>:— Pass., of vapour and air, ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg026:342a:21" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg026:342a.21/canonical-url/"> 342a21 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg026:344b:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg026:344b.4/canonical-url/"> 344b4 </a>; <span class="quote greek">νεφῶν πυκνουμένων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0537.tlg003:14" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0537.tlg003:14/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Epicur.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Nat.</span> 14 </a> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0537.tlg003:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0537.tlg003:6/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 6 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">contract, condense</span>, opp. <span class="foreign greek">μανόω</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg043:485a:31" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg043:485a.31/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Spir.</span> 485a31 </a>; of the effect of cold, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg012:783b:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg012:783b.1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">GA</span> 783b1 </a>:— Pass., of frozen water, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1147.tlg001:29" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1147.tlg001:29/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Antipho Soph.</span> 29 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg025.perseus-grc1:1042b:28" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg025.perseus-grc1:1042b.28/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Metaph.</span> 1042b28 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg028:394a:33" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg028:394a.33/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mu.</span> 394a33 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ὁ σίδηρος ὑπὸ τοῦ ψυχροῦ πυκνοῦται</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">is contracted</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg015:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg015:6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Alc.</span> 6 </a>; of steam, <span class="quote greek">ὁ ἀτμὸς -οῦται καὶ σταγόνες ἀποπίπτουσι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg021:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg021:8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Flat.</span> 8 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">pack close</span>, <span class="foreign greek">ἑωυτούς</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">close</span> their ranks, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:18" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9.18/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 9.18 </a>, cf. <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ascl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tact.</span> 10.4 </span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0546.tlg001:11:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0546.tlg001:11.2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ael.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tact.</span> 11.2 </a> ( Pass.); <span class="quote greek">τὸ βάθος ἐπὶ τὸ δεξιόν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:18:24:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:18:24:8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plb.</span> 18.24.8 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τὴν τάξιν εἰς βάθος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg028:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg028:8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Flam.</span> 8 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">σαυτὸν στρόβει πυκνώσας</span> spin yourself round <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">and concentrate your thoughts</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:701" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:701/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Nu.</span> 701 </a> (lyr.):— Pass., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">to be compressed</span>, <span class="quote greek">εἰς ἐλάττω τόπον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg005:296a:18" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg005:296a.18/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cael.</span> 296a18 </a> ;[ <span class="quote greek">τὴν διάνοιαν] πυκνοῦσθαι εἰκός</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> 2.715c </span> ; <span class="foreign greek">τῷ πνεύματι πυκνουμένῳ</span>, i.e. without taking breath, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg054:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg054:11/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Dem.</span> 11 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span> in Logic, <span class="foreign greek">πυκνοῦται τὸ μέσον</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">is compressed, becomes closer</span> in signification, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg001:84b:35" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg001:84b.35/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">APo.</span> 84b35 </a>; also <span class="foreign greek">πεπύκνωται [ὁ Λυσίας] τοῖς νοήμασι</span>, of a <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">terse</span> style, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg003:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg003:5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.H.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lys.</span> 5 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">close, shut up</span>, <span class="quote greek">π. τοὺς πόρους</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg010:27" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg010:27/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thphr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Sud.</span> 27 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τὸν στόμαχον</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> 2.687d </span> ; <span class="quote greek">φλέβες πυκνωθεῖσαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg020:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg020:7/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Salubr.</span> 7 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>IV).</strong></span> Pass., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">to be thickly covered</span>, <span class="foreign greek">ἡ γῆ τῶν [ἰχνῶν] πυκνοῦται</span> with traces, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg014.perseus-grc1:5:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg014.perseus-grc1:5.7/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyn.</span> 5.7 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>V).</strong></span> intr., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">become dense</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg026:344a:30" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg026:344a.30/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mete.</span> 344a30 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg036:934b:15" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg036:934b.15/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 934b15 </a>: in Tactics, <span class="quote greek">πεπυκνωκότες ἀπὸ τῶν κεράτων ἐπὶ τὰ μέσα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:115:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:115:6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plb.</span> 3.115.6 </a> , cf. <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ascl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tact.</span> 4.4 </span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0546.tlg001:11:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0546.tlg001:11.6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ael.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tact.</span> 11.6 </a>.</div> </div><br><br>'}