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ἐγγηρ-άσκω

eggerasko

grow old with

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What it meant — LSJ

grow old with, in

grow old with or in, μεγέθει σώματος Hp. Aph. 2.54; ταῖς βασιλείαις Plb. 6.7.4, cf. D.S. 11.23, Plu. Tim. 15.

2 grow old in one, decay

abs., grow old in one, decay, τὴν ἐπιστήμην ἐγγηράσεσθαι Th. 6.18; πρὶν ἐγγηρᾶσαι τὴν ἀκμὴν τῆς ἐλπίδος Plu. Nic. 14.

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