γανόω
οἵ γε καὶ ἐν τῷ παρόντι ἀντιπάλως μᾶλλον ἢ ὑποδεεστέρως τῷ ναυτικῷ ἀνθώρμουν → whose navy, even as it was, faced the Athenian more as an equal than as an inferior
English (LSJ)
A make bright, polish, Plu.2.74e: metaph., τὰ πράγματα τοῖς εὐπροσωποτάτοις τῶν ἐπιθέτων ib.683e:—metaph. in Pass., ἀληθείας φωτὶ γεγανωμένα Dam.Pr.33,cf.26; ὰὴρ . . ζοφερὸς καὶ οἷον γεγανωμένος Agath.5.3; ἑοῖς ἐγάνωσεν ἰάκχοις glorified, Epigr.Gr.985 (Philae); make glad, delight, τὴν ψυχήν Ph.1.121:—Pass., to be made glad, exult, ταῦθ' ὡς ἐγανώθην Ar.Ach.7, Ph.1.c., al.:—esp. pf. part. Pass. γεγανωμένος bright, χλανίς Phld.Vit.p.21 J.; glad-looking, στίλβων καὶ γεγανωμένος Anacr.13A; γεγ. ὑπὸ τῆς ᾠδῆς, under the glamour of song, Pl.R.411a, cf. Phld.Mort.13, Plu.2.42c; γεγ. καὶ ἀνθηρός, of oratorical style, Id.TG2. II tin, lacker, ἀγγεῖον γεγανωμένον Crito ap.Gal.12.490; γ. τῷ κασσιτέρῳ Aët.12.55, cf. Eust.1188.61.
German (Pape)
[Seite 473] glänzend machen, glätten, καὶ ἐπιλεαίνω Plut. de ad. et am. discr. 52; χρώμασι, anstreichen, Symp. 5, 8, 2; γεγανωμένα, überzinnie Kupfergefäße, Medic.; – erheitern, Anacr. 48, 12; pass., ergötzt werden, Ar. Ach. 7; ὑπὸ τῆς ᾠδῆς Plat. Rep. III, 411 a.
