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|etymtx=Grammatical information: adj.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">thick, fat, well-fed, dense, stout</b> (Il.; on the use in Hom. Treu Von Hom. zur Lyr. 47 ff.).<br />Compounds: Some compp., e.g. <b class="b3">παχυ-μερής</b> <b class="b2">consisting of thick parts, gross, massive</b> (Ti. Locr., Arist.); <b class="b3">ὑπέρ-παχυς</b> [[too fat]] (Hp.).<br />Derivatives: 1. Copar.forms: <b class="b3">πάσσων</b>, only acc. <b class="b3">-ονα</b> (Od.), <b class="b3">πάχ-ιστος</b> (Il., Call.), <b class="b3">-ίων</b> (Arat.), <b class="b3">-ύτερος</b>, <b class="b3">-ύτατος</b> (IA.); Seiler Steigerungsformen 40 f. 2. <b class="b3">πάχετος</b> (rather with the Hp.mss. <b class="b3">-ετός</b>) = <b class="b3">παχύς</b> (θ 187, ψ 191, Hp.); also as subst.n. (Nic., Opp.; also ψ 191 possible), for <b class="b3">*πάχεθος</b> after <b class="b3">μέγεθος</b>? (Benveniste Origines 199); cf. Schwyzer 512, Chantraine Form. 300, Seiler 75. 3. <b class="b3">πάχητες πλούσιοι</b>, <b class="b3">παχεῖς</b> H. (after <b class="b3">πένητες</b>); <b class="b3">Πάχης</b>, <b class="b3">-ητος</b> m. as PN (Th.; Schwyzer 499). 4. <b class="b3">παχυλῶς</b> <b class="b2">in large draughts</b> (Arist.). 5. <b class="b3">πάχος</b> n. [[thickness]], [[strength]], [[force]] (since ι 324). 6. <b class="b3">παχύτης</b> (<b class="b3">-υτής</b>? Wackernagel Phil. 95, 177) f. [[thickness]]. 7. <b class="b3">παχύνω</b>, sporad. w. <b class="b3">ἐπι-</b>, <b class="b3">ἐκ-</b>, <b class="b3">συν-</b>, <b class="b3">ὑπερ-</b>, <b class="b2">to fatten, to batten</b> (IA.) with <b class="b3">πάχυν-σις</b> f. [[thickening]], <b class="b3">-τικός</b> [[fattening]], [[making fat]] (medic.), <b class="b3">-υσμός</b> m. (Hp.), <b class="b3">-υσμα</b> n. (Aët.). 8. Aor. <b class="b3">παχῶσαι</b> [[to fatten]] (medic., Herm. 33, 343).<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [127] <b class="b2">*bʰn̥ǵʰ-</b> [[dende]], [[thick]]<br />Etymology: With <b class="b3">παχύς</b>, if from <b class="b3">*φαχύς</b> (s. [[πῆχυς]]), agrees formally exact Skt. <b class="b2">bahú-</b> [[much]], [[richly]], [[great]], [[extensive]]; from the full grade comp. <b class="b2">báṃhīyān</b> (for which with second. zero grade <b class="b3">πάσσων</b>) the IE base form appears as <b class="b2">*bhn̥ǵh-</b>; from there perh. also Hitt. <b class="b2">panku-</b> [[together]], [[united]], [[general]]. Semant. agrees perfectly Lat. [[pinguis]] [[fatt]], which differs in anlaut; perh. for <b class="b2">*finguis</b> through cross with the old word for [[fatt]] in [[πιμελή]], [[πίων]] (s. vv.); diff. ([[pinguis]] "early Italic") Haas, s. Leumann Glotta 42, 75. One compares further Latv. <b class="b2">bìezs</b> [[dense]], [[thick]] and Germ., e.g. OWNo. [[bingr]] m. <b class="b2">heap, room (for corn etc.)</b>; uncertain Toch. B [[pkante]] (<b class="b2">-atte</b>) [[size]]. -- On parallel innovation rests the comparison Skt. <b class="b2">bahu-lá-</b> [[dense]], [[thick]], [[extensive]] = <b class="b3">παχυ-λῶς</b> (s. above). -- Details w. rich lit. in WP. 2, 151, Pok. 127 f., W.-Hofmann s. [[pinguis]], Mayrhofer s. <b class="b2">bahúḥ</b>, <b class="b2">bahuláḥ</b>.