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αὐξάνω
αὐξάνω poet. ἀέξω q. v. to make large, increase, augment, Hdt., etc. (Hom. only uses ἀέξω). to increase in power, strengthen, exalt, aggrandise, Hdt., Attic: also to promote to honour, glorify, magnify, Trag., Plat. Pass. to grow, wax, increase, Hes., Hdt., etc.; αὐξ. ἐς πλῆθος, ἐς ὕψος Hdt.; of a child, to grow up, Hdt.; ηὐξανόμην I grew taller, Ar.; so with an adj., αὐξάνεσθαι μέγας to wax great, Eur. Hence

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to make large, increase, augment

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αὐξάνω
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αὐξάνω
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αυξανω
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αὐξάνω poet. ἀέξω q. v. to make large, increase, augment, Hdt., etc. (Hom. only uses ἀέξω). to increase in power, strengthen, exalt, aggrandise, Hdt., Attic: also to promote to honour, glorify, magnify, Trag., Plat. Pass. to grow, wax, increase, Hes., Hdt., etc.; αὐξ. ἐς πλῆθος, ἐς ὕψος Hdt.; of a child, to grow up, Hdt.; ηὐξανόμην I grew taller, Ar.; so with an adj., αὐξάνεσθαι μέγας to wax great, Eur. Hence
IDX:
5548
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n5551
Key:
au)ca/nw

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