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ἀέξω poetic form of αὔξω, compare αὐξάνω

I.to increase, enlarge, foster, strengthen, μένος μέγα θυμὸς ἀέξει Il.; θυμὸν ἀέξειν id=Il.; πένθος ἀ. to cherish woe, Od.; υἱὸν ἀ. to rear him to man's estate, id=Od.; ἔργον ἀέξουσι θεοί they bless the work, id=Od.
2.to exalt by one's deeds, to magnify, τὸ πλῆθος ἀέξειν Hdt.; to magnify, exaggerate, [ἀγγελίαν] μῦθος ἀέξει Soph.
3.ἀέξειν φόνον Eur.
II.Pass. to increase, grow, ἀέξετο he was waxing tall, Od.; οὐ ποτ᾽ ἀέξετο κῦμα no wave rose high, id=Od.; χόλος ἐν στήθεσσιν ἀέξεται rises high, Il.; τόδε ἔργον ἀ. it prospers, Od.; ἀέξετο ἱερὸν ἦμαρ was getting on to noon, Il.; so, κέρδος ἀέξεται Aesch.

Liddell and Scott. An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1889.

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