συμπέσσω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Att. συμπέττω, <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[mature by heating]], [[cooking]], ὁμαλῦναι καὶ συμπέψαι <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mete.</span>381a20</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">HA</span>625a6</span>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>8.7.7</span>; [[concoct]], [[bring to a head]], etc., Dsc.2.86, Gal.6.247,825, 15.889; [[hatch]] eggs, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>549b7</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">560b17</span> (Pass.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">GA</span>752b17</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ γῆ σ. τῇ θερμότητι</b> ib.<span class="bibl">753a19</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">752b33</span> (Pass.); [[promote disgestion]], <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>6.3.6</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Od.</span>49</span>:—Pass., <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">PA</span>677b27</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">HA</span>590a21</span>; of food, to [[be digested]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Mete.</span>379b23</span>.</span>