1. thick, stout , (Homer):—; later, stout, fat , (Aristophanes Comicus) 2. of things, thick, massive , (Homer):—;adverb -έως, roughly , of stating or arguing, (Aristotle Philosopher); παχύτερον or -έρως, (Plato Philosophus) 3. of liquids, thick, curdled, clotted , (Iliad by Homer) 4. οἱ παχέες the men of substance, the wealthy class , (Herdotus Historicus); τοὺς παχεῖς καὶ πλουσίους (Aristophanes Comicus) 5. in [ variant dates Comica Adespota and Prose, thick-witted, gross, dull, stupid , like Lat. pinguis, crassus, [ variant dates Comica Adespota 6. comparative παχύτερος, sup. -ύτατος:—;irregular comparative πάσσων, ον, (Odyssey by Homer):—;Sup. πάχιστος, (Iliad by Homer) (ML)