A.fixing, putting together, esp. of woodwork, “θυρωμάτων” Pl.Plt.280d (pl.).
II. solidity, “πῆξιν λαβεῖν” D.S.1.7 (but metaph., acquire fixity, Chrysipp.Stoic.3.138, cf. Dam.Pr.56).
2. coagulation, Pl.Phlb.32a; freezing, Hp. Aër.8; [ὕδατος] π. Epicur.Ep.2p.49U., cf. p.45 U.; caused by cold, as τῆξις, διάχυσις, ζέσις by heat, Arist.Mete.382b31, GC330b27 (but also “π. θερμότητος” Ocell.2.9); formation of gum in plants, Thphr.HP 9.1.5; curdling, “γάλακτος” D.S.4.81.