πυκνός: Difference between revisions

|mdlsjtxt=[[πυκνός]], ή, όν [πύξ]<br />[[close]], [[compact]]: and so,<br />A. of [[consistency]], [[close]], [[firm]], [[solid]], opp. to [[what]] is [[loose]] and [[porous]] ([[μανός]], ἀραιόσ), Hom.; πυκινὸν [[λέχος]] a well-stuffed bed, Hom.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> [[close]]-[[packed]], [[crowded]], [[thick]], [[close]], [[dense]], Hom.; of the [[plumage]] of a sea-[[bird]], Hom.; of [[foliage]], Hom.; of a [[shower]] of darts or stones, Hom., Hdt.; of [[hair]], Aesch., etc.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> [[frequent]], [[many]], Lat. [[creber]], Aesch., Eur., etc.<br /><b class="num">III.</b> well put [[together]], [[compact]], [[fast]], [[strong]], Il.<br /><b class="num">IV.</b> [[close]], [[concealed]], [[δόλος]] Il.<br /><b class="num">V.</b> [[generally]], [[strong]] of its [[kind]], [[great]], [[sore]], [[excessive]], ἄτη Il.<br /><b class="num">VI.</b> metaph. of the [[mind]], [[sagacious]], [[shrewd]], [[wise]], Hom.; πυκινοί the [[wise]], Soph.; of a fox, Ar.<br />B. adv. [[πυκινῶς]], and [[after]] Hom. [[πυκνῶς]], θύραι or σανίδες [[πυκινῶς]] ἀραρυῖαι [[close]] or [[fast]] [[shut]], Hom.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> [[very]] [[much]], [[constantly]], [[sorely]], [[greatly]], Hom.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> [[sagaciously]], [[shrewdly]], [[craftily]], Hom.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> Hom. also uses neuters [[πυκνόν]] and [[πυκνά]], πυκινόν and [[πυκινά]] as adv., [[much]], often; so also in [[attic]]; comp. πυκνότερον, πυκνότερα; Sup. πυκνότατα.<br /><b class="num">III.</b> poet. adv. [[πύκα]] (q. v.), as if from πύκος, [[strongly]], Hom.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> [[πύκα]] βάλλετο with [[thick]]-falling darts, Il.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> [[carefully]], [[diligently]], Il.