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παροξύνω

παροξύνω, to urge, prick

παροξ-ύνω, pf. inf. παρωξυκέναι Plb. 31.1.3, but παρωξυγκέναι J. AJ 11.6.7:—Pass., pf. παρώξυμμαι Lys. 4.8, Men. Sam. 276:—
  • urge, spur on, stimulate, τινα X. Cyr. 6.2.5, etc.; [τινὰ] πρὸς τὰ καλά Id. Mem. 3.3.13; ἐπὶ τὸν πόλεμον Isoc. 5.3, cf. Epicur. Nat. 54G.; τὰ ζεύγη πρὸς τὸ ἔργον Arist. HA 577b31; τινα c. inf., Isoc. 12.37; κινδυνεύειν X. Mem. 3.5.3; opp. ἀποτρέπω, D. 21.37.
      • 2 provoke, irritate, πατρὸς μὴ π. φρένας E. Alc. 674; ξὺν κατηγορίᾳ π. Th. 1.84:—Pass., to be provoked, τινι at a thing, Id. 5.99; διά τινα Id. 6.56; ἐπί τινι OGI 48.15 (Egypt, iii B. C.), Plb. 4.7.5; πρός τι X. HG 6.4.6, D. 57.2; πρὸς ἀλλήλους Arist. Pol. 1302a39; ὑπό τινος Lys. l.c.; κατὰ τῶν πολιτῶν Plu. Them. 31: c. dat., Lycurg. 87 (s.v.l.), D.S. 10.11: c. inf., τίς οὐκ ἂν παροξυνθείη πολεμεῖν; Isoc. 5.101:—Pass., of sicknesses, grow virulent, π. οἱ πυρετοί Hp. VM 6.
      • 3 make an application stronger, Gal. 12.710.
    • II = παροξυτονέω, Ath. 11.485a:—Pass., A.D. Adv. 189.28, al., Gal. 18(2).167, Ath. 7.323c.
    • III intr., hasten. Peripl.M.Rubr. 20.

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