φαιδρύνω

English (LSJ)

Ep. impf.

   A φαιδρύνεσκεν A.R.4.671:—make bright, cleanse (coupled with ἀποπλύνειν καὶ διαπλύνειν by Poll.7.40), τινὰ λουτροῖσι φ. A.Ag.1109 (lyr.); θεαὶ μορφὰν ἐφαίδρυναν gave me a bright form, says Helen, E.Hel.678 (lyr.); φ. χρόα Call.Jov.32; δέμας, εἵματα, A.R.3.1043, 4.671; στεφανοῦντα καὶ φαιδρύνοντα τὸν Ἑρμῆν καὶ τὴν Ἑκάτην Porph.Abst.2.16; χεῖρας AP5.227 (Paul. Sil.); τῇ γλώττῃ τὸ πρόσωπον Ael.NA3.21; [Ἥλιος] κοσμῶν καὶ φαιδρύνων Jul.Or.4.142a:—Med., λουτρῷ χρόα φαιδρύνεσθαι to wash one's skin clean, Hes.Op.753, cf. Mosch.2.31.    II metaph., cheer, A.Ag.1120:—Med., τὸν ἑαυτοῦ βίον φαιδρύνασθαι Pl.Lg. 718b:—Pass., beam or brighten up with joy, X.Cyr.5.5.37; ἐπί τινι at a thing, Callistr.Stat.9; τὼ ὀφθαλμώ Poll.6.199.    III Pass., become more glaring, of a fever, ἀεὶ μᾶλλον ἐφαιδρύνετο Gal.14.653.