- πιαίνω
- to fatten
- 1. to make fat, fatten , [Refs 5th c.BC]; π. χθόνα to fatten the soil, of a dead man, [6th/5th c.BC]:—;Pass. to be or become fat , [5th/4th c.BC], etc.
2. metaph.,
3. to increase, enlarge , πλοῦτον [Refs 5th c.BC]
4. to make wanton, excite , [6th/5th c.BC]: —;Pass. to wax fat and wanton , [6th/5th c.BC]; ἔχθεσιν πιαίνεσθαι to batten on quarrels, [Refs 5th c.BC] (ML)