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πιαίνω

πιαίνω, to make fat, fatten

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πιαίνουσιν present active participle masculine dative plural, present active participle neuter dative plural, present active indicative 3rd plural of πιαίνω

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πῑαίνω, fut. πιᾰνῶ A. Th. 587: aor. ἐπίᾱνα Id. Ag. 276, Hp. Mul. 1.47; poet. πίᾱνα Pi. N. 9.23; later ἐπίηνα D.L. 1.83:—Pass., fut. πιανθήσομαι LXX Ps. 64(65).12: aor. ἐπιάνθην Anan. 5.9, Theoc. 17.126, (κατ-) Ael. NA 2.13; but aor. inf. συμ-πιασθῆναι Hp. Epid. 7.68 (s. v.l.): pf. πεπίασμαι (κατα-) Pl. Lg. 807b, cf. Ael. NA 13.25: (πίων):
  • fatten, τὸ σῶμα Hp. l.c.; ἡ γῆ π. τὰ βοτά E. Cyc. 333; [τὰς ὗς] Arist. HA 603b27; π. χθόνα enrich the soil, of a dead man, A. Th. 587; σώμασι πίαναν καπνόν, of bodies being burnt, Pi. l.c.:—Pass., to be or become fat, Semon. 7.6, Pl. Lg. 807a, Arist. HA 520b7, etc.; π. ὁ στάχυς Theoc. 10.47.
    • II metaph.,
      • 1 increase, enlarge, πλοῦτον Pi. P. 4.150 (where ῐ); μυχοὺς πόλεως Xenoph. 2.22.
      • 2 make wanton, ἀλλʼ ἦ σʼ ἐπίανέν τις ἄπτερος φάτις; A. Ag. 276; π. τὰ πάθη Porph. Abst. 1.34:— Pass., wax fat and wanton, πρᾶσσε, πιαίνου A. Ag. 1669 (anap.); ἔχθεσιν πιαίνεσθαι batten on quarrels, Pi. P. 2.56; φθόνῳ π. B. 3.68.
      • 3 cherish, cheer, ἵππον . . π. ὁ τοῦ δεσπότου ὀφθαλμός Anon. ap. Arist. Oec. 1345a3; π. ἑὴν φρένα Opp. H. 5.372; μέλος ib. 620; μάστακα π. χείλεος εὐαφίῃ AP 5.293.16 (Agath.).—Rare in Prose.

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