διογκόω
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 (LSJ)
A distend, blow out, πυρόν Plu.2.676b; λέξις δ. τὸ στόμα Hermog.Id.1.6; τὸ ω καὶ τὸ ᾱ δ. τὸν λόγον ibid., cf. Alex.Aphr.Pr. 1.59:—Pass., swell or be distended, Hp.Acut.10,28, Plu.Ages.27, Sor.2.37: metaph., to be lifted up, raised to a higher position, Artem. 1.14; to be puffed up, Eun.VSp.478B.; λέξεις διωγκωμέναι (cf. supra) Hermog. l. c.; of a lake, rise, overflow, Plu.Cam.3.
