A.“πέψω” Ar.Fr.202 (cj. for πέμψω) : aor. “ἔπεψα” Pherecr.183, Pl.R.372b, (κατα-) Il.1.81 :—Med. (v. infr.), aor. “ἐπεψάμην” Hegem. ap. Ath.15.698f :—Pass., fut. “πεφθήσομαι” Arist. Pr.927b31, Gal.1.634 : aor. “ἐπέφθην” Herm.in Phdr.p.93 A., v.l. in Hp. Acut.(Sp.)67, Arist.Pr.864a32 : pf. Pass. “πέπεμμαι” Hp.Dent.26, Ar. Pax869:—soften, ripen, or change by means of heat:
I. of the West wind, ripen fruit, Od.7.119 : generally, bring to maturity, Arist.GA 780b10 ; also “ὅταν [ὁ ἥλιος] ὑγρὸν ὄντα τὸν ἀέρα πέττῃ καὶ διακρίνῃ” Id.Pr.944a13.
II. by the action of fire, cook, dress, esp. bake, “σιτία” Hdt.8.137 ; “ἄρτους” Ar.Ra.505 ; “τὰ μὲν πέψαντες τὰ δὲ μάξαντες” Pl.R. 372b :—Pass., “σιτία σφί ἐστι ἱρὰ πεσσόμενα” Hdt.2.37 ; “ὁ πλακοῦς πέπεπται” Ar.Pax869 ; “ἄρτον εὖ πεπεμμένον” Id.Pl.1136 :—Med., πέσσεσθαι πέμματα bake oneself cakes, Hdt.1.160.
2. distribute largess of cooked food, IGRom.4.1638 (Philadelphia) ; cf. πέψις.
III. by the action of the stomach, digest, “κοιλίαι πέσσουσι” Hp.VM11, cf. Arist.GA718b21, PA677b31, al.; opp. κατεργάζεσθαι (chew), Plu. Eum.11 :—Pass., “τὸ σηπτὸν περίττωμα τοῦ πεφθέντος ἐστίν” Arist.GA 762a15, cf. Mete.381b12 ; of milk, etc., to be concocted, Id.GA776a26, 777a7.
2. metaph., of diseases, πέσσεται νοῦσος is 'concocted', comes to a crisis, Hp.Acut.42.
3. metaph., also, mostly in bad sense, χόλον πέσσειν nurse, brood over one's wrath, ἀλλ᾽ ἐπὶ νηυσὶ χόλον θυμαλγέα “πέσσει” Il.4.513, cf. 9.565 (but, digest, i. e. allow to cool down, in Arist.EN1126a24); κήδεα π. Il.24.617,639 ; “αἰεί” Philet.1 ; βέλος πέσσειν have a dart in one to brood over, Il.8.513 ; γέρα πεσσέμεν gorge himself on them, 2.237 (later, simply, enjoy, “θρεπτήρια” A.R.1.283); also ἀκίνδυνον αἰῶνα πέσσειν lead a sodden life of ease, Pi.P.4.186. (I.-E. peq[uglide]-, cf. Skt. pácati 'cook', Lat. coquo, Slav. pek<*> 'I bake'.)
