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===verb intransitive===

[[grow in size]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[αὐξάνεσθαι]], [[αὔξεσθαι]].

[[talk at length]]: [[prose|P.]] [[μακρολογεῖν]], [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[μακρηγορεῖν]].

[[dilate upon]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[διέρχεσθαι]] (acc.), [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[διεξέρχεσθαι]] (acc.).

[[I have dilated upon the affairs of the city]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ἐμήκυνα τὰ περὶ τῆς πόλεως]] ([[Thucydides|Thuc.]] 2 42).
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