πέσσω

πέσσω, Il.4.513 (no other tense in Hom. exc. in the compd. καταπέσσω), [dialect] Att. [full] πέττω, later [full] πέπτω Arist.Ph.259b12, ([etym.] ἐκ-) Plu.2.683d, corrupted in Ath.3.83fcod. A: [tense] fut.

A

πέψω Ar.Fr.202

(cj. for πέμψω) : [tense] aor.

ἔπεψα Pherecr.183

, Pl.R.372b, ([etym.] κατα-) Il.1.81 :—[voice] Med. (v. infr.), [tense] aor.

ἐπεψάμην Hegem.

ap. Ath.15.698f :—[voice] Pass., [tense] fut.

πεφθήσομαι Arist. Pr.927b31

, Gal.1.634 : [tense] aor.

ἐπέφθην Herm.in Phdr.p.93

A., v.l. in Hp. Acut.(Sp.)67, Arist.Pr.864a32 : [tense] pf. [voice] Pass.

πέπεμμαι Hp.Dent.26

, Ar. Pax869:—soften, ripen, or change by means of heat:

I of the West wind, ripen fruit, Od.7.119 : generally, bring to maturity, Arist.GA 780b10 ; also

ὅταν [ὁ ἥλιος] ὑγρὸν ὄντα τὸν ἀέρα πέττῃ καὶ διακρίνῃ Id.Pr.944a13

.

II by the action of fire, cook, dress, esp. bake,

σιτία Hdt.8.137

;

ἄρτους Ar.Ra.505

;

τὰ μὲν πέψαντες τὰ δὲ μάξαντες Pl.R. 372b

:—[voice] Pass.,

σιτία σφί ἐστι ἱρὰ πεσσόμενα Hdt.2.37

;

ὁ πλακοῦς πέπεπται Ar.Pax869

;

ἄρτον εὖ πεπεμμένον Id.Pl.1136

:—[voice] Med., πέσσεσθαι πέμματα bake oneself cakes, Hdt.1.160.

2 distribute largess of cooked food, IGRom.4.1638 ([place name] Philadelphia) ; cf. πέψις.

III by the action of the stomach, digest,

κοιλίαι πέσσουσι Hp.VM11

, cf. Arist.GA718b21, PA677b31, al.; opp. κατεργάζεσθαι (chew), Plu. Eum.11 :—[voice] Pass.,

τὸ σηπτὸν περίττωμα τοῦ πεφθέντος ἐστίν Arist.GA 762a15

, cf. Mete.381b12 ; of milk, etc., to be concocted, Id.GA776a26, 777a7.

b οἶνος π. τὰ σῖτα promotes the digestion of food, Ath.1.26a.

2 metaph., of diseases, πέσσεται νοῦσος is 'concocted', comes to a crisis, Hp.Acut.42.

3 metaph., also, mostly in bad sense, χόλον πέσσειν nurse, brood over one's wrath, ἀλλ' ἐπὶ νηυσὶ χόλον θυμαλγέα

πέσσει Il.4.513

, cf. 9.565 (but, digest, i. e. allow to cool down, in Arist.EN1126a24); κήδεα π. Il.24.617,639 ;

αἰεί Philet.1

; βέλος πέσσειν have a dart in one to brood over, Il.8.513 ; γέρα πεσσέμεν gorge himself on them, 2.237 (later, simply, enjoy,

θρεπτήρια A.R.1.283

); also ἀκίνδυνον αἰῶνα πέσσειν lead a sodden life of ease, Pi.P.4.186. (I.-E. peq[uglide]-, cf. Skt. pácati 'cook', Lat. coquo, Slav. pek<*> 'I bake'.)