πέπων: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ον, gen. ονος : Comp. and Sup. <b class="b3">πεπαίτερος, -τατος</b> :—prop. of fruit, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">cooked by the sun, ripe</b>, B.<span class="title">Fr.</span>34, <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.23</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>181</span> ; ἄπιος <span class="bibl">Alex.33.5</span> (Sup.); opp. <b class="b3">ὠμός</b>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>260</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Oec.</span>19.19</span> ; of wine, <b class="b2">mellow</b>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span>579</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">πέπονα ποιεῖν τινα</b>, by beating him, <span class="title">Com.Adesp.</span>125. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> of abscesses, <b class="b2">ripe, ready to suppurate</b>, <span class="bibl">Hermipp. 30</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">σίκυος π</b>. a kind of <b class="b2">gourd</b> or <b class="b2">melon, not eaten till quite ripe</b> (whereas the <b class="b3">σίκυος</b> was eaten unripe), <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Morb.</span>3.17</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Vict.</span>2.55</span>, Pl. Com.64.4, <span class="bibl">Anaxil.36</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pr.</span>926b4</span>, <span class="bibl">Diocl.Fr.120</span>; <b class="b3">πέπων</b> alone distd. from σίκυος, τοὺς σικύους καὶ τοὺς πέπονας <span class="bibl">LXX<span class="title">Nu.</span>11.5</span>, cf. Speus. ap. <span class="bibl">Ath.2.68e</span>, Phan.Hist.34, Dsc.2.135, etc.: prov., μαλθακώτερος πέπονος σικύου <span class="bibl">Theopomp.Com.72</span> ; ἀνὴρ ἐκεῖνος ἦν πεπαίτερος μόρων <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span>264</span> ; π. ἀπίοιο <span class="bibl">Theoc.7.120</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> metaph., as always in Hom. (more freq. in Il. than in Od.), and in Hes., in addressing a person, mostly as a term of endearment or familiarity, <b class="b2">kind, gentle</b>, πέπον Καπανηϊάδη <span class="bibl">Il.5.109</span> ; Κύκνε πέπον <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Sc.</span>350</span> ; <b class="b3">ὦ πέπον</b> <b class="b2">good</b> brother!, <b class="b2">gentle</b> sir!, <span class="bibl">Il.6.55</span>, <span class="bibl">9.252</span>, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>544</span>, <span class="bibl">560</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">κριὲ πέπον</b> my <b class="b2">pet</b> ram (says Polyphemus), <span class="bibl">Od.9.447</span> : Comp., of a <b class="b3">ἑταίρα</b>, <span class="bibl">Xenarch.4.9</span> : in bad sense, ὦ πέπονες <b class="b2">ye weaklings!</b> <span class="bibl">Il.2.235</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">mild, less acrid</b>, ῥεύματα <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">VM</span>19</span> (Comp.) : hence metaph., <b class="b2">mild, gentle</b>, πεπαιτέρα γὰρ μοῖρα τῆς τυραννίδος <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1365</span> ; <b class="b3">μόχθος πέπων</b> <b class="b2">softened</b> pain, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>437</span>, etc.: c. dat., <b class="b3">ἐχθροῖσι π</b>. <b class="b2">gentle</b> to thy foes, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>66</span>. (Cf. <b class="b3">πέπειρος, πέσσω</b>.)</span>