αὐξάνω

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἀέξω (Poetic)
• αὔξω

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewg-. Cognate with Latin augeo, English wax.

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /a͜ʊkʰsánɔ͜ɔ/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /aʍkʰsánoː/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /aɸxsáno/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /afksáno/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /afksáno/

Verb

αὐξάνω (auxanō) future: αὐξήσω aorist: ηὔξησα perfect: ηὔξηκα perfect m/p: ηὔξημαι aorist passive: ηὐξήθην

1. I make grow, increase
2. I promote, honour, exalt

References

• αὐξάνω in A Greek-English Lexicon by Liddell & Scott, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1940
• Strong’s concordance number: G837