πυκνόω

πυκν-όω,

A make close or solid,

τὴν σάρκα Arist.Pr.865b18

, cf. Phld. Mort.8; of winds, νέφεσι π. τὸν οὐρανόν thickens it, Arist.Mete.364b24:—[voice] Pass., of vapour and air, ib.342a21, 344b4;

νεφῶν πυκνουμένων Epicur.Nat.14

Fr.6.

2 contract, condense, opp. μανόω, Arist.Spir. 485a31; of the effect of cold, Id.GA783b1:—[voice] Pass., of frozen water, Antipho Soph.29, Arist.Metaph.1042b28, Mu.394a33; ὁ σίδηρος ὑπὸ τοῦ ψυχροῦ πυκνοῦται is contracted, Plu.Alc.6; of steam,

ὁ ἀτμὸς -οῦται καὶ σταγόνες ἀποπίπτουσι Hp.Flat.8

.

II pack close, ἑωυτούς close their ranks, Hdt.9.18, cf. Ascl.Tact.10.4, Ael.Tact.11.2 ([voice] Pass.);

τὸ βάθος ἐπὶ τὸ δεξιόν Plb.18.24.8

;

τὴν τάξιν εἰς βάθος Plu.Flam.8

; σαυτὸν στρόβει πυκνώσας spin yourself round and concentrate your thoughts, Ar.Nu.701 (lyr.):—[voice] Pass., to be compressed,

εἰς ἐλάττω τόπον Arist.Cael.296a18

; [

τὴν διάνοιαν] πυκνοῦσθαι εἰκός Plu.2.715c

; τῷ πνεύματι πυκνουμένῳ, i.e. without taking breath, Id.Dem.11.

b in Logic, πυκνοῦται τὸ μέσον is compressed, becomes closer in signification, Arist.APo.84b35; also πεπύκνωται [ὁ Λυσίας] τοῖς νοήμασι, of a terse style, D.H.Lys.5.

III close, shut up,

π. τοὺς πόρους Thphr.Sud.27

;

τὸν στόμαχον Plu.2.687d

;

φλέβες πυκνωθεῖσαι Hp.Salubr.7

.

IV [voice] Pass., to be thickly covered, ἡ γῆ τῶν [ἰχνῶν] πυκνοῦται with traces, X.Cyn.5.7.

V intr., become dense, Arist. Mete.344a30, Pr.934b15: in Tactics,

πεπυκνωκότες ἀπὸ τῶν κεράτων ἐπὶ τὰ μέσα Plb.3.115.6

, cf. Ascl.Tact.4.4, Ael.Tact.11.6.