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; μετ’ αὐξήσεως ἐξαγγέλλειν Plb. 10.27.8, cf. D.H. Th. 19 (pl.).
3. Gramm., the augment, EM 338.47.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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