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γάνυμαι

γάνυμαι, to brighten up

γάνῠμαι [ᾰ], mostly pres.; impf. ἐγάνυντο Q.S. 5.652; ἐγάνυτο Jul. Or. 1.8c: Ep. fut. γανύσσομαι Il. 14.504: pf. part. γεγανῡμένος Anacreont. 35.3, Them. Or. 13.177a: plpf. ἐγεγάνυσο ib. 20.240d, al.:—
  • brighten up, be glad or happy, γάνυται φρένα he is glad at heart, Il. 13.493: c. dat., δάμαρ ἀνδρὶ φίλῳ ἐλθόντι γανύσσεται 14.504, cf. 20.405, Od. 12.43, Ar. V. 612; γ. ἐπί τινι E. IT 1239 (lyr.); τινός A. Eu. 970 (lyr.), cf. E. Cyc. 504 (lyr.); ὑπὸ τοῦ λόγου Pl. Phdr. 234d.—Freq. in later Prose, Ph. 1.36, 56, Plu. Suav. 2.1098f, Polyaen. 1.18, Jul. Or. 1.40b, al., Them. ll.cc.; ᾄδων καὶ γανύμενος Aristid. Or. 50(26).40; freq. written γανν- in codd. (γα-ν-υ- from root γαυ-, cf. γαίω, γαῦρος.)

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