παραύξησις
From LSJ
τίς ἥδε κραυγὴ καὶ δόμων περίστασις; → what means this uproar and thronging about the house, what means the crowd standing round the house?
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ,
A waxing, ἡμερῶν καὶ νυκτῶν Gem.6.29 (pl.) ; opp. μείωσις, Id.18.4 ; τῆς σελήνης Dsc. 5.141 ; φωτός Porph. ap. Eus.PE3.11, cf. Jul.Or.4.147b. 2 progressive increase of parallel series, Vett. Val.295.6. 3 metrical lengthening, φωνῶν S.E.M.1.126(pl.). 4 singing of high notes, ἡ παραυξήσεως φιλοτεχνία Antyll. ap. Orib.6.10.7. 5 Rhet., amplification, exaggeration, Quint.Inst.9.2.106.
