I.to make close, cover or wrap up, enwrap, Il.; π. νῆα λίθοισι to surround a ship with stones, so as to protect it when laid up, Hes.:— to cover thickly, of a youth's chin, Od.; πυκ. στεφάνοις to cover thick with crowns, Eur., Theocr.; so in Mid., στεφάνοις κεφαλὰς πυκασώμεθα Anth.; also without στεφάνοις, to crown, deck with garlands, Eur.:—Pass., στέμμασι πυκασθείς Hdt.; δάφνῃ πυκασθείς Eur.; perf. part. πεπυκασμένος, thickly covered, ὄρος πεπυκασμένον a hill well-clothed with wood, Hes.:—Mid., πυκάζου cover thyself, Eur.
Liddell and Scott. An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1889.
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