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πηκτός , ή, όν, Dor. πα_κτός , ά, όν, (
A.“πήγνυμι” 1) stuck in, fixed, “ἔγχος ἐν χθονί” S.Aj.907; π. θάνατος, of the death of Ajax, Trag.Adesp. 255.
2. planted, opp. raised from seed, [σκόροδον] Thphr.HP7.4.11 : πηκτή, ἡ, a variety of σύμφυτον (q.v.), Dsc.4.10.
II. (“πήγνυμι” 11) well put together, compacted, built, of wood-work, “ἄροτρον” Il.10.353, Od.13.32; opp. αὐτόγυος, Hes.Op.433; π. ἕδος a chair of several pieces, h.Cer.196; “π. κλίμακες” E.Ph.489 ; “π. λύραι” S.Fr.238 (anap.).
2. πηκτή, ἡ, net or cage set to catch birds, Ar.Av.528, Arist.HA614a12; cf. “πηκτίς” 1.3.
3. πηκτὰ δωμάτων barriers of the house, door, E.Fr. 1003 (πακτὰ codd. Poll.), parodied in Ar.Ach.479.
III. (“πήγνυμι” 111) congealed, curdled, “γάλα” E.Cyc.190; πακτά, ἡ, cream-cheese, Theoc.11.20, cf. AP6.55 (Barb.), POxy.1923.19 (pl., v/vi A. D.); ἃλς π. salt obtained from brine. Nic.Al.518; “κηρός” Theoc.1.128; frozen, “ὕδατα” Pl.Ti.59c ; “ὕδωρ τὸ μὲν ῥέον τὸ δὲ πακτόν” Ti.Locr.99c.
2. capable of solidification, Arist.Mete.385a12.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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    • Aristophanes, Acharnians, 111
    • Aristophanes, Birds, 528
    • Euripides, Cyclops, 190
    • Euripides, Phoenician Women, 489
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    • Homer, Odyssey, 13.32
    • Plato, Timaeus, 59c
    • Sophocles, Ajax, 907
    • Homer, Iliad, 10.353
    • Sophocles, Ichneutae, 238
    • Aristophanes, Acharnians, 479
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