παραύξησις
εως, ἡ
A.
waxing, ἡμερῶν καὶ νυκτῶν Gem. 6.29 (pl.) ; opp. μείωσις, Id. 18.4 ; τῆς σελήνης Dsc. 5.141 ; φωτός Porph. ap. Eus. PE 3.11, cf. Jul. Or. 4.147b.
2.
progressive increase of parallel series, Vett. Val.295.6.
3.
metrical lengthening, φωνῶν S.E. M. 1.126(pl.).
4.
singing of high notes, ἡ παραυξήσεως φιλοτεχνία Antyll. ap. Orib. 6.10.7.
5.
Rhet., amplification, exaggeration, Quint. Inst. 9.2.106.