[Meaning] to be made solid, to be made firm. Concerning [the] soul [Plato writes]: "is it then [i.e. when heat and cold produce fermentation] that living creatures are bred together?"[1] Meaning are made firm, are made solid. Homer [writes]: "having thickened half of the white milk".[2] But mainly [it refers to] running for one's life, as if a race. Also [sc. attested is the phrase] "a great swollen wave".[3] [Meaning] one made thick, made firm.