Bible Lexicons

παχύν-ω,

pf. Pass. πεπάχυσμαι Arist. Mu. 394a28, Philostr. Gym. 52, but πεπάχυμμαι Gal. 6.678, Herm. ap. Stob. 1.49.68: — fatten, τὰ σώματα Pl. Grg. 518c; βοῦν Id. R. 343b; ἴππον X. Oec. 12.20: — Pass., grow fat, Hp. Aph. 5.44, Ar. Ach. 791; δαιτὶ παχυνόμενος AP 7.207 (Mel.); παχυνθῇ ἡ ἀκρίς LXX Ecclesiastes 12:5. thicken, strengthen, δεσμόν Porph. Abst. 1.38.

2. metaph., cause to wax fat, increase, κότον π. A. Supp. 618: — Pass., ὄλβος ἄγαν παχυνθείς Id. Th. 771 (lyr.). metaph., make gross or dull, τὰς ψυχὰς ὑπὸ πλης μονῆς π. Plu. 2.995d; βρώσεις τὸν νοῦν π. Philostr. V A 1.8: — Pass., LXX Isaiah 6:10; πεπαχυσμένος Philostr. VS 1.21.1; to be coarsened, [ ψυχὴ] παρὰ τὴν ἰδίαν φύσιν πεπαχυμμένη Herm. l. c.; περιβλήματα.. παχυνόμενα ὑπὸ τῆς γηίνης φύσεως Procl. in R. 1.119 K.

II Pass., become thick, π. πρὸς τὸν ἥλιον, of the skull, Hdt. 3.12; of humours, Hp. VM 19; of excrements, Id. Prog. 11, cf. Arist. GA 735a36, al.; distd. from πήγνυσθαι, Id. Mete. 383a11, b18; of fruit juices, become concentrated, Thphr. CP 6.16.2; of oil, Philostr. Gym. 52.

2. to be dulled, of the sun's light, D.P. 35.