αὐξάνω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">Fr.</span>153</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.16</span>.ά, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>756</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Supp.</span>233</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Fr.</span>362.28</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>41d</span>:—also αὔξω (poet. [[ἀέξω]], [[quod vide|q.v.]]) <span class="bibl">Thgn.823</span>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>5.4</span>, <span class="bibl">Emp.37</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>117</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>227</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Smp.</span>7.4</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>573a</span>, <span class="bibl">D. 3.26</span>, etc. (so Att. Inscrr. and Ptolemaic Pap.; both forms in <span class="title">NT</span>): impf. [[ηὔξανον]] only Ps.-<span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>1132.25</span>; <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> ηὖξον <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.31</span>, etc.: fut. αὐξήσω <span class="bibl">Th.6.40</span>, etc. ([[αὐξανῶ]] only in <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Ge.</span>17.6</span>, al.): aor. I ηὔξησα <span class="bibl">Sol. 11</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>7.1.24</span>: pf. ηὔξηκα <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>90b</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Hier.</span>2.15</span>:—Pass., αὐξάνομαι <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.14</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>918</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>1065</span>, <span class="bibl">Isoc.4.104</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>96c</span>, <span class="bibl">D. 18.161</span>; αὔξομαι <span class="bibl">Emp.26.2</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>227</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>328d</span>, etc., impf. ηὔξετο <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>493</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.39</span> (v.l. [[αὔξετο]]): pf. ηὔξημαι <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IA</span>1248</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span> 371e</span>, Ion. αὔξ- <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.58</span>: plpf. ηὔξητο <span class="bibl">Id.5.78</span>: aor. ηὐξήθην <span class="bibl">Th.1.89</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>327c</span>: fut.αὐξηθήσομαι <span class="bibl">D.56.48</span>; αὐξήσομαι <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>6.1.12</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span> 497a</span>:—[[increase]], not in Hom. (only [[ἀέξω]]), <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">Fr.</span>153</span>, etc.; ὕβριν αὐ. <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.16</span>.ά; ὄλβον <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>756</span>; opp. [[ἰσχναίνειν]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Plt.</span>293b</span>; εἰς ἄπειρον αὐ. τι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Lg.</span>910b</span>; ἐπὶ τὸ ἔσχατον <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">R.</span>573a</span>; ἐπὶ πλεῖον ηὖξον τὴν μαγειρικὴν τέχνην <span class="bibl">Athenio1.16</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[increase in power]], [[strengthen]], <b class="b3">αὐ. τὰ Ἑλλήνων</b> [[increase]] their power, <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.30</span>; νόμοισιν αὐ. πόλιν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>191</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>3.7.2</span>; <b class="b2">exalt by one's deeds, glorify</b>, [[πόλιν]], [[πάτραν]], <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>5.4</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">P.</span>8.38</span>, cf. <span class="title">IG</span>22.834, etc.; [[exalt by praise]], [[extol]], ἐπαινεῖν καὶ αὔξειν τινά <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ly.</span>206a</span>; <b class="b3">σέ γε… καὶ τροφὸν καὶ ματέρ' αὔξειν</b> [[honour]] thee [[as]]... <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>1092</span> (lyr.); of an orator, [[amplify]], [[exaggerate]], αὔξειν καὶ μειοῦν <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1403a17</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> with an Adj., <b class="b3">τρέφειν καὶ αὐ. τινὰ μέγαν</b> [[bring up]] to manhood, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>565c</span>; μείζω πόλιν αὐ. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IA</span>572</span> (lyr.); τὸν ὄγκον… ἄπειρον αὐξήσει <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>591d</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> αὔξειν ἔμπυρα [[to sacrifice]], <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span>4(3).62</span>; cf. [[ἀέξω]]. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> in Logic, = [[καταπυκνόω]] (q. v.), <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">APo.</span>79a30</span>, al.; but <b class="b3">ὁ αὐξόμενος λόγος</b>, name of a [[fallacy]], <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Thes.</span>23</span>, <span class="bibl">2.559b</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> Pass., [[grow]], [[increase]], in size, number, strength, power, etc., <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>493</span>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>8.93</span>, <span class="bibl">D.61.5</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">αὐ. ἐς πλῆθος, ἐς ὕψος</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.58</span>, <span class="bibl">2.14</span>; of a child, [[grow up]], <span class="bibl">Id.5.92</span>.<b class="b3">έ; ἐν γὰρ τοῖς πόνοισιν αὔξεται</b>, of Theseus, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Supp.</span>323</span>; <b class="b3">ηὐξανόμην ἀκούων</b> I [[grew taller]] as I heard, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>638</span>; of the wind, [[rise]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.188</span>; ηὔξηται ἡ πόλις ὥστ' εἶναι τελέα <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>371e</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> with an Adj., <b class="b3">αὔξεσθαι μέγας</b> [[wax]] great, [[grow]] up, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span>183</span>; αὐ. μείζων <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span> 338</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>681a</span>; αὐ. ἐλλόγιμος <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Prt.</span>327c</span>; μέγας ἐκ μικροῦ… ηὔξηται <span class="bibl">D.9.21</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> later, Act. intr., like Pass., ἡ σελήνη αὐξάνει <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">APo.</span>78b6</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">HA</span>620a21</span>, Aristeas <span class="bibl">208</span>, <span class="bibl">D.S.4.64</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ep.Col.</span>2.19</span>, D. Chr.<span class="bibl">4.128</span>, <span class="bibl">D.C.48.52</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> of Verbs, [[take the augment]], both Act. and Pass., <span class="bibl">Hdn.<span class="title">Epim.</span>280</span>; [[αὔξουσα]] (sc. [[συλλαβή]]), ἡ, [[augment]], ibid. (Cf. [[ἀέξω]].) </span>

|mdlsjtxt=poet. [[ἀέξω]] q. v.]<br /><b class="num">I.</b> to make [[large]], [[increase]], [[augment]], Hdt., etc. (Hom. only uses [[ἀέξω]]).<br /><b class="num">2.</b> to [[increase]] in [[power]], [[strengthen]], exalt, [[aggrandise]], Hdt., [[attic]]: also to [[promote]] to [[honour]], [[glorify]], [[magnify]], Trag., Plat.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> Pass. to [[grow]], wax, [[increase]], Hes., Hdt., etc.; αὐξ. ἐς [[πλῆθος]], ἐς [[ὕψος]] Hdt.; of a [[child]], to [[grow]] up, Hdt.; ηὐξανόμην I grew taller, Ar.; so with an adj., αὐξάνεσθαι [[μέγας]] to wax [[great]], Eur. Hence