παχύς

English (LSJ)

εῖα (Ion.

   A -έα Hp.Superf.21), ύ, thick, stout, χειρὶ παχείῃ Il. 5.309, etc. ; παχέος παρὰ μηροῦ 16.473 ; παχὺν αὐχένα Od.9.372 ; π. πούς Hes.Op.497 ; of trees, ib.509 ; ῥίζα Thphr.HP6.3.1 ; later of persons, περὶ σφυρὸν παχεῖα, μισήτη γυνή thick-ankled, Archil.184 ; fat, οἱ παχύτατοι τῶν παίδων Hp.Aph.3.25 ; π. γυνή Id.Superf. l.c.; χοῖρος π., ὗς π., Ar.Ach.766, Men.21 : metaph., of soil, rich, fertile, X.Oec.17.8 (Comp.) ; π. τράπεζα a well-spread table, Philostr. VA3.26. Adv., παχέως διαιτᾶσθαι ibid.    2 of inorganic things, thick, massive, π. λᾶας Il.12.446 ; σκῆπτρον 18.416 ; αὐλὸς αἵματος Od.22.18 ; θρυαλλίδες Ar.Nu.59 ; πέδαι Id.V.435 ; π. δραχμή a thick drachma, i. e. the Aeginetan, which weighed more than the Attic, Poll.9.76, or (Hsch.), = δίδραχμον ; thick, coarse, opp. λεπτός, ἱμάτιον Pl.Cra.389b, cf. Poll.7.57,61, etc.; χλαῖναν . . παχεῖαν ἐπιβαλῶ Λακωνικήν Theopomp. Com.10 ; of hair, Arist.HA502a26 ; π. τὴν σάρκα, of the pig, Jul.Or.5.177c. Adv. coarsely, roughly, of stating or arguing, παχέως ὁρίζεσθαι, prob. for ταχέως, Arist.Pol.1275b25 ; παχύτερον or -έρως, Pl.Plt.294e, 295a.    3 of liquids, thick, curdled, clotted, αἷμα Il.23.697 ; ἀπορρέει . . παχὺ καὶ μέλαν Hdt.4.23 ; of marshwater, Hp.Aër.7 ; of urine, Id.Prog.12 ; τὸ παχύτερον τῶν γαλάκτων Arist.HA521b28 ; τὸ παχὺ τῆς δυνάμεως [τῶν οἴνων] Ath.1.33b.    b τὰ παχέα καλούμενα νοσήματα, of certain diseases supposed to be due to thickened phlegm, Hp.Int.47,al.    4 in Com., fat, great, π. πρᾶγμα, χάρις, Ar.Lys.23, Ec.1048.    5 of timbre, thick, opp. λεπτός, Arist.Aud.803b29, cf. 804a10 (Comp.). Adv., κορώνη παχέα κρώζουσα Arat.953.    6 of speech, coarse, heavy, διάλεκτος παχυτέρα D.H.Pomp.2 ; παχύτερος τὴν λέξιν Id.Is.19 ; παχύτερον ποιεῖν τὸν λόγον Hermog.Id.1.6.    b ample, of periphrasis, Longin.29.1 (Sup.).    7 of flame, dull, Thphr.HP5.9.3.    II οἱ παχέες men of substance, the wealthy, Hdt.5.30,77,6.91 ; τοὺς π. καὶ πλουσίους Ar.Pax639 ; ὃς ἂν ᾖ π. Id.Eq.1139 ; ἀνὴρ π. Id.V.287 ; cf. πάχης.    III Com. and Prose, thick-witted, gross, stupid, ἀμαθὴς καὶ π. Id.Nu.842 ; τὸ τῶν παχυτέρων πλῆθος Phld.Rh.1.202 S.; π. καὶ ἠλίθιοι, π. καὶ ἀπαίδευτοι, Luc.Alex.9,17 ; ἐς τὰς τέχνας π. καὶ οὐ λεπτοὶ οὐδὲ ὀξέες Hp.Aër.24 ; π. τὴν μνήμην Philostr.VS2.1.10 ; π. λόγος Gal.8.606. Adv., παχύτερον ἔχειν τῆς ἀκοῆς Hld.5.18.    IV prov., πηλοῦ παχύτερος, of a dullard, Eun.Hist.p.265 D.    V Adv. -έως, v. supr.    VI Comp. πάσσων, ον, Od.6.230, 8.20, 24.369 ; πᾰχίων, ον, Arat.785 : Sup. πάχιστος Il.16.314, Call.Aet.Oxy. 2079.23 : regul. forms πᾰχύτερος, πᾰχύτατος (v. supr.). (I.-E. bhṇĝhú-, cf. Skt. bahús, Lett. biezs 'thick'.)