ἀέξω
aexo
increase, foster
Appears 20 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἀέξω, poet. form of αὔξω (αὐξάνω), once in , twice in Trag. (lyr.); in early writers only in pres. and unaugm. impf.: in later Poets fut. ἀεξήσω D. 12.24, aor. ἠέξησα ib.8.104, IG 4.787 (Troezen, iv A. D.): fut. Med. ἀεξήσομαι 3.837: aor. Pass. ἀεξήθην AP 9.631 (): plpf. ηέξητο (ἀν-) D. 4.427: (ἀϝέξω, cf. Lat. augeo, Skt. vakṣáyati, etc.):—A. increase, foster. ἀνδρὶ δὲ κεκμηῶτι μένος μέγα οἶνος ἀέξει Il. 6.261; θυμὸν ἀ. Il. 17.226; πένθος ἀ. cherish woe, Od. 17.489; υἱὸν ἀ. rear him to manʼs estate, 13.360; ἔργον ἀέξουσι . . θεοί they bless the work, 15.372. 2. exalt, glorify, αὐτούς τʼ ἀέξοι καὶ πόλιν O. 8.88; τὸ πλῆθος ἀ. 3.80; spread, diffuse, [ἀγγελίαν] μῦθος ἀέξει Aj. 226. 3. ἀ. βούταν φόνον Hipp. 537. II. Pass., increase, grow, Τηλέμαχος δὲ νέον μὲν ἀέξετο was waxing tall, Od. 22.426; καλὰ μὲν ἠέξευ Jov. 55; οὐ . . ποτʼ ἀέξετο κῦμά γʼ ἐν αὐτῷ no wave rose high thereon, Od. 10.93; χόλος . . ἀνδρῶν ἐν στήθεσσιν ἠΰτε καπνός ἀ. rises high, Il. 18.110; τόδε ἔργον ἀ. it prospers, Od. 14.66; ἀέξετο ἱερὸν ἦμαρ was getting on to noon, Il. 8.66; μηνὸς -ομένοιο Op. 773; μῆτις ἀ. 106; κέρδος ἀ. Ch. 825 (cod. M), cf. Supp. 856 (prob.). III. intr., = Pass., 1.116.
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