αὔξησις

auxesis

growth, increase

Appears 5 times across Plato's dialogues.

Frequency by work

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Republic 3
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Book V 1
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468d5
Book VIII 1
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546b5
Book IX 1
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591d9
Laws 1
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Book X 1
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897a6
Phaedo 1
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71b3

Dictionary (LSJ)

αὔξησις, εως, ἡ, A. growth, increase, Hp. VM 6; τῶν ἐχθρῶν Th. 1.69, cf. Plu. TG 13; κατὰ τὸ ποσόν Arist. Metaph. 1069b11; of the Delta, Hdt. 2.13: in Pl., increments, Pl. R. 546b; multiplications, Ascl. Tact. 2.7. 2. amplification, in Rhet., Arist. Rh. 1368a27, 1413b34; μετʼ αὐξήσεως ἐξαγγέλλειν Plb. 10.27.8, cf. D.H. Th. 19 (pl.). 3. Gramm., the augment, EM 338.47.

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