exaggerate
From LSJ
Φίλος με βλάπτων (λυπῶν) οὐδὲν ἐχθροῦ διαφέρει → Laedens amicus distat inimico nihil → Ein Freund, der schadet, ist ganz gelich mir einem Feind
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
P. τῷ λόγῳ αἴρειν, ἐπὶ τὸ μεῖζον δεινοῦν. ἄνω ἐξαίρειν, P. and V. κοσμεῖν, Ar. and V. πυργοῦν.
exalt: P. and V. μεγαλύνειν; see exalt.
exaggerate a petty smart: V. τὸ μηδὲν ἄλγος εἰς μέγα φέρειν (Sophocles, Oedipus Rex 638).
