Proleptic predicate nouns

Verbs signifying to effect anything (αἴρειν raise, αὔξειν exalt, διδάσκειν teach, τρέφειν rear, παιδεύειν train) show the result of their action upon a substantive or adjective predicate to the direct object: σὲ Θῆβαί γ᾽ οὐκ ἐπαίδευσαν κακόν Thebes did not train thee to be base S. O. C. 919, τοῦτον τρέφειν τε καὶ αὔξειν μέγαν to nurse and exalt him into greatness P. R. 565c, ἐποικοδομήσαντες αὐτὸ ὑψηλότερον raising it higher T. 7.4. Such predicate nouns are called proleptic. Passive: μέγας ἐκ μῑκροῦ Φίλιππος ηὔξηται Philip has grown from a mean to be a mighty person D. 9.21. Cp. 1613.