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ἀλδαίνω

ἀλδαίνω, to make to grow

ἀλδαίνω, only pres. and impf., exc. Ep. aor. 3 sg. ἤλδᾰνε (v. infr.), ἀλδήσασκε Orph. L. 370:—causal of ἀλδήσκω,
  • make to grow, nourish, strengthen, μέλεʼ ἤλδανε ποιμένι λαῶν she filled out his limbs, Od. 18.70, 24.368, cf. A. Th. 12; θυμὸν ἀλδαίνουσαν ἐν εὐφροσύναις Id. Pr. 539; increase, multiply, ὃς οὐκ ἐάσει γλῶσσαν . . ἀλδαίνειν κακά Id. Th. 557:— Pass., Aglaïas 12.

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