ἐννεάζω

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φιλοσοφώτερον καὶ σπουδαιότερον ποίησις ἱστορίας ἐστίν: ἡ μὲν γὰρ ποίησις μᾶλλον τὰ καθόλου, ἡ δ' ἱστορία τὰ καθ' ἕκαστον λέγει → poetry is something more scientific and serious than history, because poetry tends to give general truths while history gives particular facts

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Transliteration A: enneázō Transliteration B: enneazō Transliteration C: enneazo Beta Code: e)nnea/zw

English (LSJ)

   A spend one's youth in, μεγέθει σώματος ἐννεάσαι to be of great stature in one's youth, Hp.Aph.2.54; τῇ τῶν πραγμάτων ἀκριβεστέρᾳ καταλήψει Ph.1.622; ἐ. [τῇ βασιλείᾳ] καὶ ἐγγηράσκει, of one crowned in his mother's womb, Agath.4.25; ῥόδον ἐννεάσαν τῷ ἦρι having bloomed in spring, Philostr.Ep.51.