πάχος: Difference between revisions

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