Liddell-Scott-Jones

πέψις (pepsis) baking ^G:N-F

πέψις, εως,

Ionic dialect ιος, ἡ, (πέσσω) softening, ripening, or changing by means of heat [Refs 4th c.BC+]

__I of fruit, πέπανσίς ἐστιπ. τις [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II cooking of food, including both ἕψησις and ὄπτησις (cooking by water or by dry heat), [Refs 4th c.BC+]; κλίβανος καιόμενος εἰς π. [LXX]
__II.b largess of cooked food, [Refs]
__II.2 of wine, fermentation, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
__III in Medicine texts, digestion of food, ὁμοία ἑψήσει [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__III.2 ripening, 'concoction' of acrid humours, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III.2.b concoction, as a function of the animal organs, ἡ τοῦ σπέρματος π. [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of milk, [Refs]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: LXX.Hos.7.4}