μεγεθ-ύνω,
A. increase in bulk, magnitudeornumber, enlarge, Heliod. ap. Orib. 46.8.13 , Iamb Protr. 21 .ιζ':— Pass. , Cleom. 1.9 , Sor. 1.15 , 2.37 , Iamb. in Nic. p.11 P.:aor.
Med. in pass. sense, οὐδ' ἐμεγεθύνατο μὲν ἐμειώθη δέ
Numen.
ap. Eus. PE 11.10 .
2.
Pass. ,acquire magnitude, become quantified, Plot. 3.6.17 , 6.4.1 ;τὰ μεμεγεθυσμέναtheworld of magnitudes, Id. 2.4.10 , cf. Porph. Sent. 33 ; μετὰ τὸ μεγεθυνθῆναι τὴν ὕλην
Phlp.
in de An.
543.34 .
II. invest with sublimity, τὰ δαιμόνια
Longin. 9.5
:— Pass. ,to be loftyorsublime, of style, Id. 13.1 .
III. Gramm., of a vowel,lengthen,οἱ τὸ ο̄ μεγεθύνοντεςSch. E. Ph. 629 :— Pass. , Tryphoap. A.D. Pron. 65.23 , cf. A.D. Adv. 193.23 .