παχύς

See also: πᾶχυς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *pəkʰús, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰn̥ǵʰús, from *bʰenǵʰ- (thick, fat). Cognates include Sanskrit बहु (bahu) and Avestan 𐬠𐬄𐬰𐬀𐬵 (bązah).

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

πᾰχῠ́ς • (pakhús) m (feminine πᾰχεῖᾰ, neuter πᾰχῠ́); first/third declension

  1. thick, large, stout
  2. coarse
  3. curdled, clotted
  4. fat
  5. great
  6. thick-witted, dull, stupid

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: παχύς (pachýs)
  • English: pachy-
  • Portuguese: paqui-

References

  • πᾰχύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • παχύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • παχύς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • παχύς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • παχύς in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.

Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek πᾰχῠ́ς (pakhús).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paˈçis/
  • Hyphenation: πα‧χύς

Adjective

παχύς • (pachýs) m (feminine παχιά, neuter παχύ)

  1. fat, a formal synonym of χοντρός (chontrós)
  2. incrassate
  3. overweight
  4. thick

Declension

Antonyms

  • λεπτός (leptós), λιπόσαρκος (lipósarkos)
  • less frequent: άπαχος (ápachos) in sense: "not fat, thin"
  • ανισοπαχής (anisopachís), ανσιόπαχος (ansiópachos)
  • αντιπαχυντικός (antipachyntikós)
  • άπαχος (ápachos, thin, lean)
  • απάχυντος (apáchyntos, unfattened)
  • γεροντόπαχο n (gerontópacho)
  • ισοπαχής (isopachís),ισόπαχος (isópachos)
  • παχαίνω (pachaíno)
  • παχάκι n (pacháki) (diminutive)
  • παχόμετρο n (pachómetro)
  • πάχος n (páchos, fatness)
  • παχουλός (pachoulós)
  • παχυδερμία f (pachydermía)
  • παχυδερμισμός m (pachydermismós)
  • παχύδερμο n (pachýdermo)
  • παχύδερμος (pachýdermos)
  • παχύ έντερο (pachý éntero)
  • παχυλός (pachylós)
  • παχύμετρο n (pachýmetro)
  • πάχυνση f (páchynsi, fattening)
  • παχυντικός (pachyntikós, fattening)
  • παχύνω (pachýno)
  • παχύρρευστος (pachýrrefstos)
  • παχυσαρκία f (pachysarkía, obesity)
  • παχύσαρκος (pachýsarkos, obese)
  • παχύσωμος (pachýsomos)
  • παχύτητα f (pachýtita)
  • τετράπαχος (tetrápachos)

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