ἀέξω (ἀϝέξω, ‘wax’), only pres. and ipf.:
make to grow, increase, let grow up, υἱόν, Od.
13.360; mid. and pass., grow, grow up;
μέγα πένθος,
‘cherish’; ἔργον,
‘prosper,’ Od.
14.66
; ἀέξετο ἱερὸν ἦμαρ, ‘was
waxing,’ i. e. advancing toward the meridian, Il. 8.66, Od.
9.56.