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πα^χύς , εῖα (Ion.
A.-έαHp.Superf.21), ύ, thick, stout, “χειρὶ παχείῃIl. 5.309, etc. ; “παχέος παρὰ μηροῦ16.473 ; “παχὺν αὐχέναOd.9.372 ; “π. πούςHes.Op.497 ; of trees, ib.509 ; “ῥίζαThphr.HP6.3.1 ; later of persons, περὶ σφυρὸν παχεῖα, μισήτη γυνή thick-ankled, Archil.184 ; fat, “οἱ παχύτατοι τῶν παίδωνHp.Aph.3.25 ; π. γυνή Id.Superf. l.c.; χοῖρος π., ὗς π., Ar.Ach.766, Men.21 : metaph., of soil, rich, fertile, X.Oec.17.8 (Comp.) ; π. τράπεζα a well-spread table, Philostr. VA3.26. Adv., παχέως διαιτᾶσθαι ibid.
2. of inorganic things, thick, massive, “π. λᾶαςIl.12.446 ; “σκῆπτρον18.416 ; “αὐλὸς αἵματοςOd.22.18 ; “θρυαλλίδεςAr.Nu.59 ; “πέδαιId.V.435 ; π. δραχμή a thick drachma, i. e. the Aeginetan, which weighed more than the Attic, Poll.9.76, or (Hsch.), = δίδραχμον ; thick, coarse, opp. “λεπτός, ἱμάτιονPl.Cra.389b, cf. Poll.7.57,61, etc.; χλαῖναν . . παχεῖαν ἐπιβαλῶ Λακωνικήν Theopomp. Com.10 ; of hair, Arist.HA502a26 ; π. τὴν σάρκα, of the pig, Jul.Or.5.177c. Adv. coarsely, roughly, of stating or arguing, παχέως ὁρίζεσθαι, prob. for ταχέως, Arist.Pol.1275b25 ; παχύτερον or -έρως, Pl.Plt.294e, 295a.
3. of liquids, thick, curdled, clotted, “αἷμαIl.23.697 ; “ἀπορρέει . . παχὺ καὶ μέλανHdt.4.23 ; of marshwater, Hp.Aër.7 ; of urine, Id.Prog.12 ; “τὸ παχύτερον τῶν γαλάκτωνArist.HA521b28 ; “τὸ παχὺ τῆς δυνάμεως [τῶν οἴνων]Ath.1.33b.
b. τὰ παχέα καλούμενα νοσήματα, of certain diseases supposed to be due to thickened phlegm, Hp.Int.47,al.
4. in Com., fat, great, π. πρᾶγμα, χάρις, Ar.Lys.23, Ec.1048.
5. of timbre, thick, opp. λεπτός, Arist.Aud.803b29, cf. 804a10 (Comp.). Adv., “κορώνη παχέα κρώζουσαArat.953.
b. ample, of periphrasis, Longin.29.1 (Sup.).
7. of flame, dull, Thphr.HP5.9.3.
IV. prov., πηλοῦ παχύτερος, of a dullard, Eun.Hist.p.265 D.
V. Adv. -έως, v. supr.
VI. Comp. πάσσων, ον, Od.6.230, 8.20, 24.369 ; πα^χίων, ον, Arat.785 : Sup. “πάχιστοςIl.16.314, Call.Aet.Oxy. 2079.23 : regul. forms πα^χύτερος, πα^χύτατος (v. supr.). (I.-E. bhṇĝhú-, cf. Skt. bahús, Lett. biezs 'thick'.)
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