αὔξ-ησις,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 .