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|Definition=<span class="bld">A</span> fut. πιᾰνῶ A.''Th.''587: aor. ἐπίᾱνα Id.''Ag.''276, Hp.''Mul.''1.47; ''poet.'' πίᾱνα Pi.''N.''9.23; later ἐπίηνα D.L.1.83:—Pass., fut. πιανθήσομαι [[LXX]] ''Ps.''64(65).12: aor. ἐπιάνθην Anan.5.9, Theoc.17.126, (κατ-) Ael ''NA''2.13; but aor. inf. συμ-πιασθῆναι Hp.''Epid.''7.68 ([[si vera lectio|s. v.l.]]): pf. [[πεπίασμαι]] (κατα-) Pl.''Lg.''807b, cf. Ael.''NA''13.25: ([[πίων]]): [[fatten]], τὸ σῶμα Hp. l. c.; ἡ γῆ π. τὰ βοτά E.''Cyc.''333; [τὰς ὗς] [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Historia Animalium|HA]]''603b27; <b class="b3">π. χθόνα</b> [[enrich]] the soil, of a dead man, A.''Th.''587; <b class="b3">σώμασι πίαναν καπνόν</b>, of bodies being burnt, Pi. l. c.:—Pass., to [[be]] or [[become fat]], Semon.7.6, Pl.''Lg.''807a, [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Historia Animalium|HA]]''520b7, etc.; π. ὁ στάχυς Theoc. 10.47.<br><span class="bld">II</span> metaph.,<br><span class="bld">1</span> [[increase]], [[enlarge]], πλοῦτον Pi.''P.''4.150 (where ῐ); μυχοὺς πόλεως Xenoph.2.22.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[make wanton]], <b class="b3">ἀλλ' ἦ σ' ἐπίανέν τις ἄπτερος φάτις</b>; A.''Ag.''276; π. τὰ πάθη Porph.''Abst.''1.34:—Pass., [[wax fat and wanton]], πρᾶσσε, πιαίνου A.''Ag.''1669 (anap.); <b class="b3">ἔχθεσιν πιαίνεσθαι</b> [[batten on]] quarrels, Pi.''P.''2.56; <b class="b3">φθόνῳ π.</b> B.3.68.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[cherish]], [[cheer]], ἵππον… π. ὁ τοῦ δεσπότου ὀφθαλμός Anon. ap. Arist.''Oec.'' 1345a3; π. ἑὴν φρένα Opp.''H.''5.372; [[μέλος]] ib.620; μάστακα π. χείλεος εὐαφίῃ ''AP''5.293.16 (Agath.).—Rare in Prose.