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παροξ-ύνω

paroxuno

urge, spur on, stimulate

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What it meant

παροξ-ύνω · parox-ynō — LSJ

urge, spur on, stimulate

urge, spur on, stimulate, τινα X. Cyr. 6.2.5, etc.; [τινὰ] πρὸς τὰ καλά Id. Mem. 3.3.13 ; ἐπὶ τὸν πόλεμον Isoc. 5.3, cf. Epicur. Nat. 54G.; τὰ ζεύγη πρὸς τὸ ἔργον Arist. HA 577b31 ; τινα c. inf., Isoc. 12.37 ; κινδυνεύειν X. Mem. 3.5.3 ; opp. ἀποτρέπω, D. 21.37.

2 provoke, irritate, to be provoked, grow virulent

provoke, irritate, πατρὸς μὴ π. φρένας E. Alc. 674 ; ξὺν κατηγορίᾳ π. Th. 1.84 :—Pass., to be provoked, τινι at a thing, Id. 5.99 ; διά τινα Id. 6.56 ; ἐπί τινι OGI 48.15 (Egypt, iii B. C.), Plb. 4.7.5 ; πρός τι X. HG 6.4.6, D. 57.2 ; πρὸς ἀλλήλους Arist. Pol. 1302a39 ; ὑπό τινος Lys. l.c. ; κατὰ τῶν πολιτῶν Plu. Them. 31 : c. dat., Lycurg. 87 (s.v.l.), D.S. 10.11 : c. inf., τίς οὐκ ἂν παροξυνθείη πολεμεῖν; Isoc. 5.101 :—Pass., of sicknesses, grow virulent, π. οἱ πυρετοί Hp. VM 6.

3 make, stronger

make an application stronger, Gal. 12.710.

II

= παροξυτονέω, Ath. 11.485a :—Pass., A.D. Adv. 189.28, al., Gal. 18(2).167, Ath. 7.323c.

III hasten

intr., hasten. Peripl.M.Rubr. 20.

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