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παχύν-ω , pf. Pass.
A.πεπάχυσμαιArist.Mu. 394a28, Philostr. Gym.52, but “πεπάχυμμαιGal.6.678, Herm. ap.Stob.1.49.68 :—fatten, “τὰ σώματαPl.Grg.518c ; “βοῦνId.R.343b ; “ἴππονX.Oec.12.20 :—Pass., grow fat, Hp.Aph.5.44, Ar.Ach.791 ; “δαιτὶ παχυνόμενοςAP7.207 (Mel.) ; “παχυνθῇ ἀκρίςLXXEc.12.5.
b. thicken, strengthen, “δεσμόνPorph.Abst.1.38.
2. metaph., cause to wax fat, increase, κότον π. A.Supp.618 :—Pass., “ὄλβος ἄγαν παχυνθείςId.Th.771 (lyr.).
II. Pass., become thick, π. πρὸς τὸν ἥλιον, of the skull, Hdt.3.12 ; of humours, Hp.VM19 ; of excrements, Id.Prog.11, cf. Arist.GA735a36, al.; distd. from πήγνυσθαι, Id.Mete.383a11, b18 ; of fruit juices, become concentrated, Thphr.CP6.16.2 ; of oil, Philostr.Gym.52.
2. to be dulled, of the sun's light, D.P.35.
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