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πιαίνω (piainō)

piainō

to fatten

G8790 · Greek · New Testament · 0 verses

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Koine Greek
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Definition

Definition

1. to make fat, fatten , (Euripides); π. χθόνα to fatten the soil, of a dead man, (Aeschulus Tragicus):—;Pass. to be or become fat , (Plato Philosophus), etc.
2. metaphorically,
3. to increase, enlarge , πλοῦτον (Pindar)
4. to make wanton, excite , (Aeschulus Tragicus): —;Pass. to wax fat and wanton , (Aeschulus Tragicus); ἔχθεσιν πιαίνεσθαι to batten on quarrels, (Pindar) (ML)