Acut.(Sp.)
πέσσω, Il. 4.513 (no other tense in Hom. exc. in the compd.καταπέσσω), Att.
πέττω, laterπέπτω
Arist. Ph. 259b12 , (ἐκ-) Plu. 2.683d , corrupted in Ath. 3.83f cod. A:fut.
A.
πέψω
Ar. Fr. 202
(cj. forπέμψω) :aor.
ἔπεψα
Pherecr. 183
, Pl. R. 372b , (κατα-) Il. 1.81 :— Med. (v. infr.),aor.
ἐπεψάμην
Hegem.
ap. Ath. 15.698f :— Pass. ,fut.
πεφθήσομαι
Arist. Pr. 927b31
, Gal. 1.634 :aor.
ἐπέφθην
Herm. in Phdr. p.93
A. ,v.l. in
Hp.
Acut.(Sp.)
67 , Arist. Pr. 864a32 :pf.
Pass.
πέπεμμαι
Hp. Dent. 26
, Ar. Pax 869 :—soften, ripen, orchangeby means of heat:
I. of the West wind,ripenfruit, 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
:— Pass. , σιτία σφί ἐστι ἱρὰ πεσσόμενα
Hdt. 2.37
; ὁ πλακοῦς πέπεπται
Ar. Pax 869
; ἄρτον εὖ πεπεμμένον
Id. Pl. 1136
:— Med. ,πέσσεσθαι πέμματα bake oneselfcakes, Hdt. 1.160 .
2. distribute largess of cooked food,
IGRom. 4.1638 (Philadelphia) ; cf.πέψις.
III. by the action of the stomach,digest, κοιλίαι πέσσουσι
Hp. VM 11
, cf. Arist. GA 718b21 , PA 677b31 , al.; opp.κατεργάζεσθαι(chew), Plu. Eum. 11 :— Pass. , τὸ σηπτὸν περίττωμα τοῦ πεφθέντος ἐστίν
Arist. GA 762a15
, cf. Mete. 381b12 ; of milk, etc.,to be concocted, Id. GA 776a26 , 777a7 .
b. οἶνος π. τὰ σῖτα promotes the digestion offood, 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 overone's wrath,ἀλλ' ἐπὶ νηυσὶ χόλον θυμαλγέα
πέσσει
Il. 4.513
, cf. 9.565 (but,digest, i. e. allow to cool down, in Arist. EN 1126a24 );κήδεα π. Il. 24.617 , 639 ; αἰεί
Philet. 1
;βέλος πέσσειν havea dart in oneto brood over, Il. 8.513 ;γέρα πεσσέμεν gorge himself onthem, 2.237 (later, simply,enjoy, θρεπτήρια
A.R. 1.283
); alsoἀκίνδυνον αἰῶνα πέσσειν lead a soddenlife of ease, Pi. P. 4.186 . (I.- E.
peq[uglide]-, cf. Skt.pácati'cook', Lat.coquo, Slav.pek<*>'I bake'.)
