πυκνός πυκνός, ή, όν πύξ close, compact: and so, of consistency, close, firm, solid, opp. to what is loose and porous (μανός, ἀραιός) , Hom.; πυκινὸν λέχος a well-stuffed bed, Hom. close-packed, crowded, thick, close, dense, Hom.; of the plumage of a sea-bird, Hom.; of foliage, Hom.; of a shower of darts or stones, Hom., Hdt.; of hair, Aesch., etc. frequent, many, Lat. creber, Aesch., Eur., etc. well put together, compact, fast, strong, Il. close, concealed, δόλος Il. generally, strong of its kind, great, sore, excessive, ἄτη Il. metaph. of the mind, sagacious, shrewd, wise, Hom.; πυκινοί the wise, Soph.; of a fox, Ar. adv. πυκινῶς, and after Hom. πυκνῶς, θύραι or σανίδες πυκινῶς ἀραρυῖαι close or fast shut, Hom. very much, constantly, sorely, greatly, Hom. sagaciously, shrewdly, craftily, Hom. Hom. also uses neuters πυκνόν and πυκνά, πυκινόν and πυκινά as adv., much, often; so also in Attic; comp. πυκνότερον, πυκνότερα; Sup. πυκνότατα. poet. adv. πύκα (q. v.), as if from πύκος, strongly, Hom. πύκα βάλλετο with thick-falling darts, Il. carefully, diligently, Il.