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|Definition=Pi.''Fr.''153, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]7.16.ά, [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[The Persians|Pers.]]''756, E.''Supp.''233, ''Fr.''362.28, Pl.''Ti.''41d:—also [[αὔξω]] (poet. [[ἀέξω]], [[quod vide|q.v.]]) Thgn.823, Pi.''O.''5.4, Emp.37, S.''Tr.''117 (lyr.), [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]''227, X.''Smp.''7.4, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 573a, D. 3.26, etc. (so Att. Inscrr. and Ptolemaic Pap.; both forms in [[NT]]): impf. [[ηὔξανον]] only Ps.-E.''Fr.''1132.25;<br><span class="bld">A</span> ηὖξον [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]9.31, etc.: fut. αὐξήσω Th.6.40, etc. ([[αὐξανῶ]] only in [[LXX]] ''Ge.''17.6, al.): aor. I ηὔξησα Sol. 11, X.''HG''7.1.24: pf. ηὔξηκα Pl.''Ti.''90b, X.''Hier.''2.15:—Pass., αὐξάνομαι [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.14, E.''Med.''918, [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Birds|Av.]]''1065, Isoc.4.104, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedo|Phd.]]'' 96c, D. 18.161; αὔξομαι Emp.26.2, [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]''227, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 328d, etc., impf. ηὔξετο Hes.''Th.''493, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.39 ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] [[αὔξετο]]): pf. ηὔξημαι E.''IA''1248, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 371e, Ion. αὔξ- [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.58: plpf. ηὔξητο Id.5.78: aor. ηὐξήθην Th.1.89, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Protagoras|Prt.]]'' 327c: fut.αὐξηθήσομαι D.56.48; αὐξήσομαι [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''6.1.12, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 497a:—[[increase]], not in Hom. (only [[ἀέξω]]), Pi.''Fr.''153, etc.; ὕβριν αὐ. [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]7.16.ά; ὄλβον [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[The Persians|Pers.]]''756; opp. [[ἰσχναίνειν]], [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Politicus|Plt.]]'' 293b; εἰς ἄπειρον αὐ. τι Id.''Lg.''910b; ἐπὶ τὸ ἔσχατον Id.''R.''573a; ἐπὶ πλεῖον ηὖξον τὴν μαγειρικὴν τέχνην Athenio1.16, etc.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[increase in power]], [[strengthen]], <b class="b3">αὐ. τὰ Ἑλλήνων</b> [[increase]] their power, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]8.30; νόμοισιν αὐ. πόλιν [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Antigone|Ant.]]''191, cf. [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''3.7.2; [[exalt by one's deeds]], [[glorify]], [[πόλιν]], [[πάτραν]], Pi.''O.''5.4, ''P.''8.38, cf. ''IG''22.834, etc.; [[exalt by praise]], [[extol]], ἐπαινεῖν καὶ αὔξειν τινά Pl.''Ly.''206a; <b class="b3">σέ γε… καὶ τροφὸν καὶ ματέρ' αὔξειν</b> [[honour]] thee [[as]]... [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''1092 (lyr.); of an orator, [[amplify]], [[exaggerate]], αὔξειν καὶ μειοῦν Arist.''Rh.''1403a17.<br><span class="bld">3</span> with an Adj., <b class="b3">τρέφειν καὶ αὐ. τινὰ μέγαν</b> [[bring up]] to manhood, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 565c; μείζω πόλιν αὐ. E.''IA''572 (lyr.); τὸν ὄγκον… ἄπειρον αὐξήσει [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 591d.<br><span class="bld">4</span> αὔξειν ἔμπυρα to [[sacrifice]], Pi.''I.''4(3).62; cf. [[ἀέξω]].<br><span class="bld">5</span> in Logic, = [[καταπυκνόω]] ([[quod vide|q.v.]]), Arist.''APo.''79a30, al.; but <b class="b3">ὁ αὐξόμενος λόγος</b>, name of a [[fallacy]], Plu.''Thes.''23, 2.559b.<br><span class="bld">II</span> Pass., [[grow]], [[increase]], in size, number, strength, power, etc., Hes.''Th.''493, Pi.''P.''8.93, D.61.5, etc.; <b class="b3">αὐ. ἐς πλῆθος, ἐς ὕψος</b>, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.58, 2.14; of a child, [[grow up]], Id.5.92.<b class="b3">έ; ἐν γὰρ τοῖς πόνοισιν αὔξεται</b>, of Theseus, E.''Supp.''323; <b class="b3">ηὐξανόμην ἀκούων</b> I [[grew taller]] as I heard, Ar.''V.''638; of the wind, [[rise]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]7.188; ηὔξηται ἡ πόλις ὥστ' εἶναι τελέα [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 371e.<br><span class="bld">2</span> with an Adj., <b class="b3">αὔξεσθαι μέγας</b> [[wax]] great, [[grow]] up, E.''Ba.''183; αὐ. μείζων A.''Supp.'' 338, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Leges|Lg.]]''681a; αὐ. ἐλλόγιμος Id.''Prt.''327c; μέγας ἐκ μικροῦ… ηὔξηται D.9.21.<br><span class="bld">III</span> later, Act. intr., like Pass., ἡ σελήνη αὐξάνει Arist. ''APo.''78b6, cf. ''HA''620a21, Aristeas 208, [[Diodorus Siculus|D.S.]]4.64, ''Ep.Col.''2.19, D. Chr.4.128, D.C.48.52, etc.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> of Verbs, [[take the augment]], both Act. and Pass., Hdn.''Epim.''280; [[αὔξουσα]] (''[[sc.]]'' [[συλλαβή]]), ἡ, [[augment]], ibid. (Cf. [[ἀέξω]].)