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|Definition=[ᾰ], εος, τό, ([[παχύς]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[thickness]], <b class="b3">τόσσον ἔην μῆκος τόσσον π.</b> Od.9.324; εἰ ἔχοι π. ἔχοι ἂν μόρια Meliss.9; τὸ πάχος τοῦ τείχους Th.1.93; τῆς πλίνθου Id.3.20: pl., τὰ πάχη τῶν τριχῶν Arist.''HA''517b8; <b class="b3">τὰ πάχη</b> αὐτῶν ἐκμυελιεῖ [[LXX]] ''Nu.''24.8; σκήνεια ὀρθὰ καὶ πάχη ἔχοντα ''PCair.Zen.''353.11 (iii B. C.): abs., [[πάχος]] = [[in thickness]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]4.81, ''IG''12.372.11; also [[πάχει]] μάκει τε Pi.''P.''4.245.<br><span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">σαρκὸς πάχος</b> [[stoutness]], E.''Cyc.'' 380; διὰ πάχος τοῦ σώματος Antiph.19; opp. [[λεπτότης]], [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 523e, etc.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[consistency]], [[thickness]], of liquids or fluids, Arist.''Sens.''441a29, ''GA''739a12; <b class="b3">τὸ πάχος τῆς θαλάσσης</b>, attributed to its [[saltness]], Id.''Mete.'' 359a7; ὥστε γίνεσθαι τὸ πάχος ὡς κυκεῶνα Ph.''Bel.''89.21.<br><span class="bld">4</span> in concrete sense, [[thick mass]], Dsc.5.18.