αὐξησία

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κρεῖττον εἶναι φιλοσόφως ἀποθανεῖν ἢ ἀφιλοσόφως ζῆν → that it is better to die in manner befitting a philosopher than to live unphilosophically

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Transliteration A: auxēsía Transliteration B: auxēsia Transliteration C: afksisia Beta Code: au)chsi/a

English (LSJ)

Ion. -ιη, ἡ,

   A the goddess of growth, Hdt.5.82, IG5(1).363 (i A. D.).

Greek Monolingual

αὐξησία, η (Α) αύξησις
1. (επωνυμία της Δήμητρας) η θεά της αύξησης, της προκοπής των φυτών
2. η επαύξηση.