παραύξησις: Difference between revisions

|Definition=εως, ἡ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[waxing]], ἡμερῶν καὶ νυκτῶν <span class="bibl">Gem.6.29</span> (pl.) ; opp. [[μείωσις]], <span class="bibl">Id.18.4</span> ; τῆς σελήνης Dsc. 5.141 ; φωτός Porph. ap. <span class="bibl">Eus.<span class="title">PE</span>3.11</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Jul.<span class="title">Or.</span>4.147b</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[progressive increase of parallel series]], Vett. Val.<span class="bibl">295.6</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[metrical lengthening]], φωνῶν <span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">M.</span>1.126</span>(pl.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> [[singing of high notes]], ἡ παραυξήσεως φιλοτεχνία Antyll. ap. <span class="bibl">Orib.6.10.7</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> Rhet., [[amplification]], [[exaggeration]], Quint.<span class="title">Inst.</span>9.2.106.</span>