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πι_αίνω , fut.
A.πια^νῶA.Th.587 : aor. “ἐπία_ναId.Ag.276, Hp.Mul.1.47 ; poet. “πία_ναPi.N.9.23 ; later “ἐπίηναD.L.1.83 :—Pass., fut. “πιανθήσομαιLXX Ps.64(65).12 : aor. “ἐπιάνθηνAnan.5.9, Theoc.17.126, (κατ-) Ael NA2.13 ; but aor. inf. “συμ-πιασθῆναιHp.Epid.7.68 (s. v.l.): pf. πεπίασμαι κατα-) Pl.Lg.807b, cf. Ael.NA13.25 : (πίων) : fatten, “τὸ σῶμαHp. l. c.; “ γῆ π. τὰ βοτάE.Cyc.333 ; [τὰς ὗς] Arist.HA603b27 ; π. χθόνα enrich the soil, of a dead man, A.Th.587 ; σώμασι πίαναν καπνόν, of bodies being burnt, Pi. l. c.:—Pass., to be or become fat, Semon.7.6, Pl.Lg.807a, Arist.HA520b7, etc.; “π. στάχυςTheoc. 10.47.
II. metaph.,
1. increase, enlarge, “πλοῦτονPi.P.4.150 (where ι^); “μυχοὺς πόλεωςXenoph.2.22.
2. make wanton, ἀλλ᾽ σ᾽ ἐπίανέν τις ἄπτερος φάτις; A.Ag.276 ; “π. τὰ πάθηPorph.Abst.1.34 :— Pass., wax fat and wanton, “πρᾶσσε, πιαίνουA.Ag.1669 (anap.) ; ἔχθεσιν πιαίνεσθαι batten on quarrels, Pi.P.2.56 ; φθόνῳ π. B.3.68.
3. cherish, cheer, “ἵππον . . π. τοῦ δεσπότου ὀφθαλμόςAnon. ap. Arist.Oec. 1345a3 ; “π. ἑὴν φρέναOpp.H.5.372 ; μέλος ib.620 ; “μάστακα π. χείλεος εὐαφίῃAP5.293.16 (Agath.).—Rare in Prose.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (8):
    • Aeschylus, Agamemnon, 276
    • Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes, 587
    • Bacchylides, Epinicians, 3.68
    • Euripides, Cyclops, 333
    • Plato, Laws, 807a
    • Plato, Laws, 807b
    • Aeschylus, Agamemnon, 1669
    • Aelian, De Natura Animalium, 13.25
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