λᾶας ὁ Il. 4.521 : Od. 11.598. Genit. λᾶος Il. 12.462 : Od. 8.192. Dat. λᾶϊ Il. 16.739. Acc. λᾶαν Il. 2.319, Il. 3.12, Il. 7.268, Il. 12.445, 453: Od. 9.537, Od. 11.594, 596, Od. 13.163. Nom. dual λᾶε Il. 23.329. Genit. pl. λάων Il. 12.29, Il. 21.314. Dat. λάεσσι Il. 3.80 Il. 24.798 : Od. 6.267, Od. 10.211, 253, Od. 14.10. 1 A stone : ὅσον τʼ ἐπὶ λᾶαν ἵησιν Il. 3.12. Cf. Il. 3.80, Il. 4.521, Il. 7.268, Il. 12.445, 453, 462, Il. 16.739, Il. 21.314, Il. 23.329 : λᾶος ὑπό ῥιπῆς Od. 8.192. Cf. Od. 9.537, Od. 11.594, 596, 598. 2 In pl., stones used in construction : θεμείλια φιτρῶν καὶ λάων Il. 12.29. Cf. Il. 24.798 : ῥυτοῖσιν λάεσσιν ἀραρυῖα Od. 6.267. Cf. Od. 10.211 = 253, Od. 14.10. 3 Something of stone : λᾶάν μιν ἔθηκεν (turned it to stone) Il. 2.319 : Od. 13.163.
λᾶας ὁ Il. 4.521 : Od. 11.598. Genit. λᾶος Il. 12.462 : Od. 8.192. Dat. λᾶϊ Il. 16.739. Acc. λᾶαν Il. 2.319, Il. 3.12, Il. 7.268, Il. 12.445, 453: Od. 9.537, Od. 11.594, 596, Od. 13.163. Nom. dual λᾶε Il. 23.329. Genit. pl. λάων Il. 12.29, Il. 21.314. Dat. λάεσσι Il. 3.80 Il. 24.798 : Od. 6.267, Od. 10.211, 253, Od. 14.10. 1 A stone : ὅσον τʼ ἐπὶ λᾶαν ἵησιν Il. 3.12. Cf. Il. 3.80, Il. 4.521, Il. 7.268, Il. 12.445, 453, 462, Il. 16.739, Il. 21.314, Il. 23.329 : λᾶος ὑπό ῥιπῆς Od. 8.192. Cf. Od. 9.537, Od. 11.594, 596, 598. 2 In pl., stones used in construction : θεμείλια φιτρῶν καὶ λάων Il. 12.29. Cf. Il. 24.798 : ῥυτοῖσιν λάεσσιν ἀραρυῖα Od. 6.267. Cf. Od. 10.211 = 253, Od. 14.10. 3 Something of stone : λᾶάν μιν ἔθηκεν (turned it to stone) Il. 2.319 : Od. 13.163.
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.