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πέσσω (pessō) to bake ^G:V

πέσσω,

[πέσσω)">Refs 8th c.BC+], Attic dialect πέττω, later πέπτω [Refs 4th c.BC+]: future πέψω [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἔπεψα [Refs 8th c.BC+] —middle (see. below), aorist ἐπεψάμην [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, future πεφθήσομαι [Refs 4th c.BC+]: aorist ἐπέφθην [Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect passive πέπεμμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—soften, ripen, or change by means of heat:

__I of the West wind, ripen fruit, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: generally, bring to maturity, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II by the action of fire, cook, dress, especially bake, σιτία [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, σιτία σφί ἐστι ἱρὰ πεσσόμενα [Refs 5th c.BC+] —middle, πέσσεσθαι πέμματα bake oneself cakes, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 distribute largess of cooked food, [Refs]; compare πέψις.
__III by the action of the stomach, digest, κοιλίαι πέσσουσι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to κατεργάζεσθαι (chew), [Refs 1st c.AD+]:—passive, τὸ σηπτὸν περίττωμα τοῦ πεφθέντος ἐστίν [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of milk, etc., to be concocted, [Refs]
__III.b οἶνος π. τὰ σῖτα promotes the digestion of food, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__III.2 metaphorically, of diseases, πέσσεται νοῦσος is 'concocted', comes to a crisis, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III.3 metaphorically, also, mostly in bad sense, χόλον πέσσειν nurse, brood over one's wrath, ἀλλ᾽ ἐπὶ νηυσὶ χόλον θυμαλγέα πέσσει [Refs 8th c.BC+] (but, digest, i. e. allow to cool down, in [Refs 4th c.BC+]; κήδεα π. [Refs 8th c.BC+]; βέλος πέσσειν have a dart in one to brood over, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; γέρα πεσσέμεν gorge himself on them, [Refs]enjoy, θρεπτήρια [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; also ἀκίνδυνον αἰῶνα πέσσειν lead a sodden life of ease, [Refs 5th c.BC+] peq[uglide]-, cf. Sanskrit pácati 'cook', Latin coquo, Slav. peką 'I bake'.)