glorify
From LSJ
λέγεις, ἃ δὲ λέγεις ἕνεκα τοῦ λαβεῖν λέγεις → you speak, but you say what you say for the sake of gain (Menander, fr. 776)
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
P. and V. κοσμεῖν, καλλύνειν (Plato).
exalt: P. and V. μεγαλύνειν.
celebrate in song: P. and V. ᾄδειν, ὑμνεῖν.
exaggerate: P. τῷ λόγῳ αἴρειν, ἐπὶ τὸ μεῖζον δεινοῦν, ἄνω ἐξαίρειν, P. and V. κοσμεῖν, Ar. and V. πυργοῦν.
