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πέπων

πέπων, cooked by the sun, ripe, mellow

πέπων, ον, gen. ονος: Comp. and Sup. πεπαίτερος, -τατος:—prop. of fruit,
  • cooked by the sun, ripe, B. Fr. 34, Hdt. 4.23, S. Fr. 181; ἄπιος Alex. 33.5 (Sup.); opp. ὠμός, Ar. Eq. 260, X. Oec. 19.19; of wine, mellow, Ar. Fr. 579, etc.; πέπονα ποιεῖν τινα, by beating him, Com.Adesp. 125.
        • b of abscesses, ripe, ready to suppurate, Hermipp. 30.
      • 2 σίκυος π. 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 distd. from σίκυος, τοὺς σικύους καὶ τοὺς πέπονας LXX Nu. 11.5, cf. Speus. ap. Ath. 2.68e, Phan.Hist. 34, Dsc. 2.135, etc.: prov., μαλθακώτερος πέπονος σικύου Theopomp.Com. 72; ἀνὴρ ἐκεῖνος ἦν πεπαίτερος μόρων A. Fr. 264; π. ἀπίοιο Theoc. 7.120.
    • II 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; ὦ πέπον good brother!, gentle sir!, Il. 6.55, 9.252, Hes. Th. 544, 560, etc.; κριὲ πέπον 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.
      • 2 mild, less acrid, ῥεύματα Hp. VM 19 (Comp.): hence metaph., mild, gentle, πεπαιτέρα γὰρ μοῖρα τῆς τυραννίδος A. Ag. 1365; μόχθος πέπων softened pain, S. OC 437, etc.: c. dat., ἐχθροῖσι π. gentle to thy foes, A. Eu. 66. (Cf. πέπειρος, πέσσω.)

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