- πέψις
- πέψις, εως, [dialect] Ion. ιος, ἡ, ([etym.] πέσσω)A softening, ripening, or changing by means of heat (Arist.Mete.379b18, GA775a17, Pr.907a18):I of fruit,
πέπανσίς ἐστιπ. τις Id.Mete.380a11
, cf. Thphr.HP1.12.2,5.1.3(pl.).II cooking of food, including both ἕψησις and ὄπτησις (cooking by water or by dry heat), Arist.Mete.380b13, 381a23; κλίβανος καιόμενος εἰς π. LXXHo.7.4.b largess of cooked food, IGRom.4.1637 ([place name] Philadelphia).2 of wine, fermentation, Plu.2.656a.III Medic., digestion of food,ὁμοία ἑψήσει Arist.Mete.381b7
, cf. PA650a4, al.;τὰ τῆς π. ὄργανα Gal.Nat.Fac.1.10
;π. καὶ ἀνάδοσις Porph.Abst.1.45
: pl., Agatharch.77.2 ripening, 'concoction' of acrid humours, Hp.VM 18, cf. Plu.2.102a.b concoction, as a function of the animal organs, ἡ τοῦ σπέρματος π. Arist.GA719b2; ἡ διάκρισις π. ἐστί ib.775a17; of milk, ib.776b35.
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