πύκνωσις: Difference between revisions

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|Definition=εως, ἡ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">condensation</b>, opp. <b class="b3">μάνωσις</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Ph.</span>260b8</span>; opp. <b class="b3">ἀραίωσις</b>, <span class="bibl">Epicur.<span class="title">Nat.</span>14</span><span class="bibl"><span class="title">Fr.</span>11</span>, Plu.2.695b; <b class="b3">π. ὑδατώδης</b>, of the air, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mete.</span>372b31</span>; τὸ νέφος π. ἀέρος <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Top.</span>146b29</span>; ἡ διὰ ψῦχος π. <span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">P.</span>1.238</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> (from <b class="b3">πυκνόομαι</b>) <b class="b2">condensed matter</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mete.</span>344a16</span>, Plu.2.721a(pl.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">frequency</b> of the pulse, <span class="bibl">Marcellin.<span class="title">Puls.</span>228</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> in Tactics, <b class="b2">close order</b>, κατὰ τὰς ἐναγωνίους π. <span class="bibl">Plb.18.29.2</span>; τῶν σαρισῶν <span class="bibl">Id.18.30.3</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Onos.10.2</span> (pl.); esp. of the phalanx, Ascl.<span class="title">Tact.</span>4.1,3, <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">Tact.</span>11.3</span>, <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">Tact.</span> 11.3</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> Rhet., <b class="b2">aggregation</b>, τῶν ἐκλελεγμένων Longin.10.1.</span>

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