A.congeal, solidify, Plu.2.396b :—Pass., ib.736a.
b. “πεπαχνῶσθαι” to be covered with rime, Gp.12.17.1.
2. metaph., strike chill, ἐπάχνωσεν φίλον ἦτορ made his blood curdle, Hes. Op.360 :— mostly in Pass., ἦτορ παχνοῦται his heart is cold and stiff [with grief], Il.17.112 ; παχνοῦσθαι πένθεσιν, λύπῃ, A.Ch.83 (lyr.), E.Hipp.803 : in later Prose, “ἐπαχνώθη” J.BJ 1.28.3.