ἔπος τό (ϝέπος). [Cf. (ϝ)εῖπον.] Dat. sing. ἔπεϊ Il. 5.879. ἔπει Il. 1.395, 504, Il. 15.106. Dat. pl. ἐπέεσσι Il. 1.223, Il. 3.38, Il. 12.267, Il. 15.162, etc.: Od. 2.189, Od. 7.17, Od. 10.173, Od. 16.279, etc. ἔπεσσι Il. 9.113, Il. 10.542, etc.: Od. 4.484, Od. 5.96, Od. 9.258, Od. 17.545, etc. ἔπεσι Il. 1.77, 150, 211, Il. 2.73, Il. 23.682: Od. 8.170, Od. 17.374, Od. 24.161. 1 Something said, an utterance or speech, a word: ἐ. ἔφατο Il. 1.361, ἅλιον ἐ. ἔκβαλον Il. 18.324. Cf. Il. 2.807, Il. 3.204, Il. 4.350, Il. 5.170, etc.: Od. 3.226, 374, Od. 4.503, Od. 8.241, etc. What one has to say, discourse, words: ἵνʼ ἐ. ἀκούσῃς ἡμέτερον Od. 11.561. An element of speech, a word: τά μοι ἔειπε, τῶν οὐδέν τοι κρύψω ἐ. Od. 4.350 = Od. 17.141. 2 In pl., speech, discourse, words: ἔπεα πτερόεντα προσηύδα Il. 1.201, ὄτρυνεν ἐπέεσσιν Il. 3.249, ἐπέεσσι καθάπτετο Il. 15.127. Cf. Il. 1.223, 304, 519, Il. 2.73, 75, etc.: Od. 2.189, 323, Od. 3.264, Od. 4.286, Od. 11.99, etc. 3 In pl., words, speech, as distinguished from action: ἔπεσιν ὀνείδισον Il. 1.211, ἐπέεσσί κʼ ἀθανάτοισι μαχοίμην Il. 20.367. Cf. Il. 16.628, Il. 20.200, 211, 256, 431: Od. 6.143, 146. Contrasted in terms with χεῖρες Il. 1.77, Il. 16.630. In sing. with ἔργον Il. 1.395, 504, Il. 5.879, Il. 15.234: Od. 2.272, 304, Od. 3.99 = Od. 4.329, Od. 4.163, Od. 11.346, Od. 15.375. In pl.: ἐπέων ἠδὲ καὶ ἔργων Il. 11.703. With βίη: ἢ ἔπει ἠὲ βίῃ Il. 15.106. 4 The sense of the word coloured by the context Il. 1.108 (a prediction), 150 (your orders), 216 (your injunction), 419 (your prayer), 543 (your intention), Il. 2.361 (the counsel), Il. 3.83 (a proposal), Il. 7.375 (proposal), 394 (proposal), Il. 8.8 (my announced purpose, my will), Il. 9.100 (say what is in your mind and hearken to what another has to say), Il. 11.652 (tidings), 788 (counsel), Il. 14.44 (the threat), 212 (your request), 234 (my request), Il. 15.156 (the commands), 162 (my commands), 178 (his commands), 566 (his exhortation), Il. 16.236 (my prayer), 686 (the injunction), Il. 17.701 (tidings), Il. 18.273 (counsel), Il. 19.121 (a piece of news), Il. 22.454 (the thing which I say (the thing being identified with the words)), Il. 23.544 (what you propose), Il. 24.75 (a suggestion), 92 and 224 (his injunction), 744 (counsel): Od. 3.243 (a question), Od. 4.137, 420 and 461 (questions), Od. 6.289 (counsel, directions), Od. 8.91 (his lays), 141 (this proposal of yours), 358 (your request), Od. 10.178 (exhortation), 428 (orders), Od. 11.146 (directions), 348 (this suggestion), Od. 12.222 (exhortation), 266 (injunction), Od. 14.131 (a story), Od. 15.536 = Od. 17.163 = Od. 19.309 (prediction), Od. 16.469 (the news), Od. 17.519 (lays), 584 (cf. Il. 9.100 above), Od. 18.166 (a warning), Od. 19.98 (cf. Il. 9.100 above), 565 (idle promises), Od. 20.115 (wish, prayer), 236 (prediction), Od. 21.278 (counsel).
πυκινός -ή, -όν, πυκνός, -ή, -όν [πύκα.] 1 Close in texture, dense, thick : πυκινὸν νέφος Il. 5.751=Il. 8.395, νεφέλην Il. 16.298. 2 Of things placed close together or at short intervals, close-set, thick : πυκινοῖσι λίθοισιν Il. 16.212. Cf. Il. 12.57, Il. 13.133=Il. 16.217, Il. 21.245, Il. 24.453, 798 : ὀδόντες πυκνοί Od. 12.92. Cf. Od. 5.329, 433, 480, Od. 14.12, Od. 19.520, Od. 23.193. Of things appearing together in a limited space, numerous, many : πυκναὶ σμώδιγγες ἀνέδραμον Il. 23.716. 3 In reference to construction, closely constructed or made, well fitted together, without breaks or interstices, affording good shelter, protection or security : πυκινὸν δόμον Il. 10.267, Il. 12.301, ἀσπίδα ῥινοῖσιν πυκινήν (made of closely fitted . . .) Il. 13.804. Cf. Il. 14.167 = 339, Il. 15.529, Il. 19.355 : Od. 6.134, Od. 7.81, 88, Od. 13.68, Od. 14.521, 529, Od. 23.229. Sim. of something natural, thick, affording close covert : ἐν λόχμῃ πυκινῇ Od. 19.439. Cf. Od. 19.442. Sim. of a bed, such as to afford good protection, warm, cosy : πυκινὸν λέχος Il. 9.621, 659 : Od. 7.340=Od. 23.291, Od. 23.177, 179. Letting nothing escape from within, holding its contents, tight, well-fenced : δέρμασιν ἐν πυκινοῖσιν Od. 2.291, πυκινοὺς κευθμῶνας Od. 10.283. 4 Of grief, overwhelming : πυκινὸν ἄχος Il. 16.599. Cf. Od. 19.516. Sim. of ἄτη, overpoweringIl. 24.480. 5 Consisting of many individual persons or things, dense, close, thick : πυκιναὶ φάλαγγες Il. 4.281, Il. 5.93. Cf. Il. 7.61, Il. 11.118, Il. 13.145, 199, 680, Il. 14.349, Il. 18.320, Il. 23.122, 879 : ἐκ πυκινῆς ὕλης Od. 6.128. Cf. Od. 5.53, 471, Od. 10.150, 197, Od. 14.473. 6 Doing something at short intervals, thick-coming, coming thick and fast : πυκινοῖσι βελέεσσιν Il. 11.576. Cf. Od. 14.36. Falling quickly one after the other, falling fast or in a shower : ὣς πυκνὰ καρήατα δάμνατο λαῶν Il. 11.309. Cf. Il. 11.454 : τιναξάσθην πτερὰ πυκνά Od. 2.151. Cf. Od. 4.153. 7 Of the mind, or mental faculties, shrewd, astute, sagacious, wise : Διὸς πυκινὸν νόον Il. 15.461. Cf. Il. 14.294 (though . . .). 8 Displaying shrewdness, astuteness, sagacity, or wisdom, shrewd, astute, sagacious, wise, shrewdly or cunningly devised or contrived : τυκινὴν βουλήν Il. 2.55=Il. 10.302, Il. 9.76, πυκινὸν λόχον Il. 4.392, Il. 24.779 : Od. 11.525. Cf. Il. 3.202, 208, Il. 6.187, Il. 7.375, Il. 11.788, Il. 18.216, Il. 24.75, 282 = 674, 744 : Od. 3.23, Od. 19.353. Absol. in neut. pl. πυκινά, shrewdness, astuteness: πυκινὰ φρονέοντι Od. 9.445. 9 In neut. sing. πυκινόν as adv., in reference to grief which overwhelms one, heavily, sorely : πυκινόν περ ἀχεύων Od. 11.88. 10 In neut. pl. πυκινά, πυκνά, as adv. a With short intervals between : πήρην, πυκνὰ ῥωγαλένη (full of rents) Od. 13.438=Od. 17.198=Od. 18.109. b At short intervals, often, much : ὣς πυκίνʼ ἀναστενάχιζεν Il. 10.9. Cf. Il. 18.318, Il. 21.417.