πέψις,εως, Ion.
ιος,ἡ, (πέσσω)
A. softening, ripening, orchangingby means of heat ( Arist. Mete. 379b18 , GA 775a17 , Pr. 907a18 ):
I. of fruit, πέπανσίς ἐστιπ. τις
Id. Mete. 380a11
, cf. Thphr. HP 1.12.2 , 5.1.3 (pl.).
II. cookingof food, including bothἕψησιςandὄπτησις(cooking by water or by dry heat), Arist. Mete. 380b13 , 381a23 ;κλίβανος καιόμενος εἰς π. LXX Ho. 7.4 .
b. largess of cooked food,
IGRom. 4.1637 (Philadelphia).
2. of wine,fermentation, Plu. 2.656a .
III. Medic.,digestionof food, ὁμοία ἑψήσει
Arist. Mete. 381b7
, cf. PA 650a4 , al.; τὰ τῆς π. ὄργανα
Gal. Nat.Fac. 1.10
; π. καὶ ἀνάδοσις