πυκινός, πυκνός (πύκα): close, thick, compact;
θώρηξ, ἀσπίς, χλαῖνα, Od. 14.521; with reference to the
particles or parts of anything, νέφος, φάλαγγες, στίχες; of a bed with several
coverings, ‘closely spread,’ Il. 9.621
; πυκινὰ πτερά, perhaps to be taken
adverbially, of the movements in close succession (see below), Od. 2.151, etc.; of thick foliage, ὄζος, θάμνος, υ?λη; ‘closely
shut,’ ‘packed,’ θύρη, χηλός, Ξ 167, Od.
13.68; metaph., ‘strong,’
‘sore,’ ἄχος, α?τη, Π
599, Il. 24.480;
wise, prudent, sagacious, φρένες, μήδεα, ἔπος, etc.—Adv., πυκ(ι)νόν,
πυκ(ι)νά, πυκινῶς, close, fast,
rapidly, often; also deeply, wisely.