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