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γλυκαίνω

γλυκαίνω, to sweeten

γλῠκ-αίνω, fut. γλῠκ-ᾰνῶ LXX Si. 12.16: aor. ἐγλύκᾱνα D.L. 8.70:—
  • sweeten, LXX Si. 27.23; opp. πικραίνω, D.L. l.c.; affect with a sensation of sweetness, τὴν ἀκοήν D.H. Comp. 15: abs., produce an effect of sweetness, in Music, Aristox. Harm. p.23 M.:—more freq. in Pass., fut. γλυκανθήσομαι LXX Si. 49.1: aor. ἐγλυκάνθην Hp. Morb. 3.17, Mosch. 3.110: pf. γεγλύκασμαι Ath. 9.384d, but ἀπ-εγλ. Diph.Siph.ib. 2.55f:—to be sweetened, turn sweet, Hp. Aër. 8, Arist. Ph. 244b23; to be affected with a sensation of sweetness, D.H. Comp. 12, Ph. 1.121.

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