πέπων: Difference between revisions

|Definition=πέπον, gen. ονος: Comp. and Sup. πεπαίτερος, πεπαίτατος:—prop. of fruit,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[cooked by the sun]], [[ripe]], B.''Fr.''34, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]4.23, S.''Fr.''181; ἄπιος Alex.33.5 (Sup.); opp. [[ὠμός]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Knights|Eq.]]''260, X.''Oec.''19.19; of wine, [[mellow]], Ar.''Fr.''579, etc.; <b class="b3">πέπονα ποιεῖν τινα</b>, by beating him, ''Com.Adesp.''125.<br><span class="bld">b</span> of abscesses, [[ripe]], [[ready to suppurate]], Hermipp. 30.<br><span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">σίκυος π.</b> a kind of [[gourd]] or [[melon]], [[not eaten till quite ripe]] (whereas the [[σίκυος]] was eaten unripe), Hp.''Morb.''3.17, ''Vict.''2.55, Pl. Com.64.4, Anaxil.36, Arist.''Pr.''926b4, Diocl.Fr.120; [[πέπων]] alone distinguished from σίκυος, τοὺς σικύους καὶ τοὺς πέπονας [[LXX]] ''Nu.''11.5, cf. Speus. ap. Ath.2.68e, Phan.Hist.34, Dsc.2.135, etc.: [[proverb|prov.]], μαλθακώτερος πέπονος σικύου Theopomp.Com.72; ἀνὴρ ἐκεῖνος ἦν πεπαίτερος μόρων A.''Fr.''264; π. ἀπίοιο Theoc.7.120.<br><span class="bld">II</span> metaph., as always in Hom. (more freq. in Il. than in Od.), and in Hes., in addressing a person, mostly as a term of endearment or familiarity, [[kind]], [[gentle]], πέπον Καπανηϊάδη Il.5.109; Κύκνε πέπον Hes.''Sc.''350; <b class="b3">ὦ πέπον</b> [[good]] [[brother]]!, [[gentle]] [[sir]]!, Il.6.55, 9.252, Hes.''Th.''544, 560, etc.; <b class="b3">κριὲ πέπον</b> my [[pet]] ram (says Polyphemus), Od.9.447: Comp., of a [[ἑταίρα]], Xenarch.4.9: in bad sense, ὦ πέπονες ye weaklings! Il.2.235.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[mild]], [[less acrid]], ῥεύματα Hp.''VM''19 (Comp.): hence metaph., [[mild]], [[gentle]], πεπαιτέρα γὰρ μοῖρα τῆς τυραννίδος A.''Ag.''1365; <b class="b3">μόχθος πέπων</b> [[softened]] [[pain]], S.''OC''437, etc.: c. dat., <b class="b3">ἐχθροῖσι π.</b> [[gentle]] to thy foes, A.''Eu.''66. (Cf. [[πέπειρος]], [[πέσσω]].)