ἀλδαίνω

A. ἀλδήσασκε Orph. L. 370 :—causal of ἀλδήσκω, make to grow, nourish, strengthen, μέλε’ ἤλδανε ποιμένι λαῶν she filled out his limbs, Od. 18.70, 24.368, cf. A. Th. 12; θυμὸν ἀλδαίνουσαν ἐν εὐφροσύναις Id. Pr. 539; increase, multiply, ὃς οὐκ ἐάσει γλῶσσαν . . ἀλδαίνειν κακά Id. Th. 557 :— Pass., Aglaïas 12.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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