ἀγλαίζω (aglaizo)

Where it lives

Iliad 1 · 0.09/10k
Enneads 2 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

ἀγλα-ΐζω · agla-izō — LSJ

make splendid, glorify

Mostly poet., Hp. Mul. 2.188, Ael., v. infr.: fut. Att. ἀγλαϊῶ (ἐπ-) Ar. Ec. 575: aor. ἠγλάϊσα (Dor. ἀγλ-) Theoc. Ep. 1.4, etc., (ἐπ-) Ar. Fr. 682:—Pass., v. infr.:—make splendid, glorify, B. 3.22, etc.; ἀθανάταις ἠγλάϊσεν χάρισιν IG 12(3).1190.10 (Melos); θυσίαις τέμενος Isyll. 28, cf. Plu. Sollert. 2.965c, Ael. NA 8.28.

2 give as an honour

give as an honour, σοί, Βάκχε, τάνδε μοῦσαν ἀγλαΐζομεν Carm.Pop. 8, cf. Theoc. l.c.

II adorn oneself with, take delight in

Ep. and Lyr. only Med. and Pass., adorn oneself with a thing, take delight in, σέ φημι διαμπερὲς ἀγλαϊεῖσθαι (sc. ἵπποις) Il. 10.331 (the only form in Hom., even of compds.); ὅστις τοιούτοις θυμὸν ἀγλαΐζεται Semon. 7.70; ἀ. μουσικᾶς ἐν ἀώτῳ Pi. O. 1.14; Com., ἐλαίῳ ῥάφανος ἠγλαϊσμένη Ephipp. 3.6 (cf. Eub. 150).

III

intr., ἀγλαΐζει· θάλλει, Hsch., cf. Antiph. 301 codd.—Never in Trag. or Att. Prose.

In the wild

ἀγλαϊεῖσθαι · aglaieisthai Iliad 10.331
Ἀγλαίζεται · Aglaizetai Plotinus, Enneads 3.5 (DIORISIS sentence 1788)
ἠγλαισμένον · ēglaismenon Plotinus, Enneads 6.9 (DIORISIS sentence 6502)

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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