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|Definition=[[παχεῖα]] (Ion.<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[παχέα]] Hp.''Superf.''21), [[παχύ]], [[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 [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[Historia Plantarum|HP]]'' 6.3.1; later of persons, <b class="b3">περὶ σφυρὸν παχεῖα, μισήτη γυνή</b> [[thick]]-ankled, Archil.184; [[fat]], οἱ παχύτατοι τῶν παίδων Hp.''Aph.''3.25; <b class="b3">π. γυνή</b> Id.''Superf.'' [[l.c.]]; <b class="b3">χοῖρος π., ὗς π.</b>, [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]''766, Men.21: metaph., of soil, [[rich]], [[fertile]], X.''Oec.''17.8 (Comp.); <b class="b3">π. τράπεζα</b> a [[well-spread]] table, Philostr. ''VA''3.26. Adv., [[παχέως]] [[διαιτᾶσθαι]] ibid.<br><span class="bld">2</span> 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; <b class="b3">π. δραχμή</b> a [[thick]] drachma, i.e. the Aeginetan, which weighed more than the Attic, Poll.9.76, or ([[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]]), = [[δίδραχμον]]; [[thick]], [[coarse]],opp. [[λεπτός]], ἱμάτιον [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Cratylus|Cra.]]''389b, cf. Poll.7.57,61, etc.; <b class="b3">χλαῖναν… παχεῖαν ἐπιβαλῶ Λακωνικήν</b> Theopomp. Com.10; of hair, Arist.''HA''502a26; <b class="b3">π. τὴν σάρκα</b>, of the pig, Jul.''Or.''5.177c. Adv. [[coarsely]], [[roughly]], of stating or arguing, [[παχέως]] [[ὁρίζεσθαι]], prob. for [[ταχέως]], Arist.''Pol.''1275b25; [[παχύτερον]] or [[παχυτέρως]], [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Politicus|Plt.]]'' 294e, 295a.<br><span class="bld">3</span> of liquids, [[thick]], [[curdled]], [[clotted]], αἷμα Il.23.697; ἀπορρέει… παχὺ καὶ μέλαν [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]4.23; of [[marsh]]water, Hp.Aër.7; of urine, Id.''Prog.''12; τὸ [[παχύτερον]] τῶν γαλάκτων Arist.''HA''521b28; τὸ παχὺ τῆς δυνάμεως [τῶν οἴνων] Ath.1.33b.<br><span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b3">τὰ παχέα καλούμενα νοσήματα</b>, of certain diseases supposed to be due to thickened phlegm, Hp.''Int.''47,al.<br><span class="bld">4</span> in Com., [[fat]], [[great]], <b class="b3">π. πρᾶγμα, χάρις</b>, Ar.''Lys.''23, ''Ec.''1048.<br><span class="bld">5</span> of timbre, [[thick]], opp. [[λεπτός]], Arist.''Aud.''803b29, cf. 804a10 (Comp.). Adv., κορώνη παχέα κρώζουσα Arat.953.<br><span class="bld">6</span> of speech, [[coarse]], [[heavy]], διάλεκτος παχυτέρα D.H.''Pomp.''2; παχύτερος τὴν λέξιν Id.''Is.''19; παχύτερον ποιεῖν τὸν λόγον Hermog.''Id.''1.6.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[ample]], of periphrasis, Longin.29.1 (Sup.).<br><span class="bld">7</span> of flame, [[dull]], [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[Historia Plantarum|HP]]'' 5.9.3.<br><span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b3">οἱ παχέες</b> [[men]] of [[substance]], the [[wealthy]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]5.30,77,6.91; τοὺς π. καὶ πλουσίους Ar.''Pax''639; <b class="b3">ὃς ἂν ᾖ π.</b> Id.''Eq.''1139; <b class="b3">ἀνὴρ π.</b> Id.''V.''287; cf. [[πάχης]].<br><span class="bld">III</span> Com. and Prose, [[thick-witted]], [[gross]], [[stupid]], <b class="b3">ἀμαθὴς καὶ π.</b> Id.''Nu.''842; τὸ τῶν παχυτέρων πλῆθος Phld.''Rh.''1.202 S.; <b class="b3">π. καὶ ἠλίθιοι, π. καὶ ἀπαίδευτοι</b>, Luc.''Alex.''9,17; ἐς τὰς τέχνας π. καὶ οὐ λεπτοὶ οὐδὲ ὀξέες Hp.Aër.24; π. τὴν μνήμην Philostr.''VS''2.1.10; π. λόγος Gal.8.606. Adv., παχύτερον ἔχειν τῆς ἀκοῆς Hld.5.18.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> [[proverb|prov.]], [[πηλοῦ παχύτερος]], of a [[dullard]], Eun.''Hist.''p.265 D.<br><span class="bld">V</span> Adv. [[παχέως]], v. supr.<br><span class="bld">VI</span> Comp. [[πάσσων]], [[πάσσον]], Od.6.230, 8.20, 24.369; [[παχίων]], [[παχίον]], Arat.785: Sup. [[πάχιστος]] Il.16.314, Call.''Aet.Oxy.'' 2079.23: regul. forms [[παχύτερος]], [[παχύτατος]] (v. supr.). (I.-E. bhṇĝhú-, cf. Skt. bahús, Lett. biezs '[[thick]]'.)