μεγᾰλύνω · megalynō — LSJ
make great, powerful, exalt, gain great glory
make great or powerful, exalt, τοὺς πολεμίους Th. 5.98:—Pass., μεγαλύνεσθαι ἐκτῶν συμβαινόντων gain great glory by. . , X. HG 7.1.24, cf. Ep.Phil. 1.20, POxy. 1592.3 (iii/iv A. D.).
II make great by word, extol, magnify, boast oneself
make great by word, extol, magnify, τὸ ὄνομά τινος E. Ba. 320; μ. τὴν ἑαυτοῦ δύναμιν παρά τινι Th. 8.81; ἑαυτόν X. Ap. 32; μ. τὴν Λακεδαίμονα πρὸς Ἀθηναίους Plu. Cim. 16; τοῦ θεοῦ τὴν δύναμιν D.S. 1.20: freq. in LXX, ll. cc.:—Med., boast oneself, περί τινος Sapph. 35; γέννα in point of birth, A. Pr. 892 (lyr.); οὐδὲ μεγαλύνεται ἐπὶ τῷ ἔργῳ X. Hier. 2.17, cf. Oec. 21.4; ταῦτʼ ἀκούων ἐμεγαλύνετο Id. Mem. 3.6.3.
2 magnify, exaggerate
magnify, exaggerate, Th. 6.28, Phld. Rh. 1.173 S., Ir. p.45 W., D.C. Fr. 57.81, al.