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διογκ-όω

diogkoo

distend, blow out

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What it meant

διογκ-όω · dionk-oō — LSJ

distend, blow out, swell, be distended, to be lifted up, raised to a higher position, to be puffed up, rise, overflow

distend, blow out, πυρόν Plu. QConv. 2.676b; λέξις δ. τὸ στόμα Hermog. Id. 1.6; τὸ ω̄ καὶ τὸ ᾱ δ. τὸν λόγον ibid., cf. Alex.Aphr. Pr. 1.59:—Pass., swell or be distended, Hp. Acut. 10, 28, Plu. Ages. 27, Sor. 2.37: metaph., to be lifted up, raised to a higher position, Artem. 1.14; to be puffed up, Eun. VS p.478B.; λέξεις διωγκωμέναι (cf. supra) Hermog. l.c.; of a lake, rise, overflow, Plu. Cam. 3.

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