πύκνωσις
καὶ ἐχθροὶ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου οἱ οἰκιακοὶ αὐτοῦ → and a man's foes shall be they of his own household (Micah 7:6, Matthew 10:36)
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ,
A condensation, opp. μάνωσις, Arist.Ph.260b8; opp. ἀραίωσις, Epicur.Nat.14Fr.11, Plu.2.695b; π. ὑδατώδης, of the air, Arist.Mete.372b31; τὸ νέφος π. ἀέρος Id.Top.146b29; ἡ διὰ ψῦχος π. S.E.P.1.238. II (from πυκνόομαι) condensed matter, Arist.Mete.344a16, Plu.2.721a(pl.). 2 frequency of the pulse, Marcellin.Puls.228. III in Tactics, close order, κατὰ τὰς ἐναγωνίους π. Plb.18.29.2; τῶν σαρισῶν Id.18.30.3, cf. Onos.10.2 (pl.); esp. of the phalanx, Ascl.Tact.4.1,3, Ael.Tact.11.3, Arr.Tact. 11.3. IV Rhet., aggregation, τῶν ἐκλελεγμένων Longin.10.1.
German (Pape)
[Seite 816] ἡ, das Dicht- oder Festmachen, Plut. Brut. 25; bes. in der Schlachtordnung, die Glieder, Pol. 18, 12, 2. – Auch = πυκνότης, Arist. meteor. 3, 3.
