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γα^νόω ,
A.make bright, polish, Plu.2.74e: metaph., τὰ πράγματα τοῖς εὐπροσωποτάτοις τῶν ἐπιθέτων ib.683e:—metaph. in Pass., “ἀληθείας φωτὶ γεγανωμέναDam.Pr.33,cf.26; “ὰὴρ . . ζοφερὸς καὶ οἷον γεγανωμένοςAgath.5.3; “ἑοῖς ἐγάνωσεν ἰάκχοιςglorified, Epigr.Gr.985 (Philae); make glad, delight, “τὴν ψυχήνPh.1.121:—Pass., to be made glad, exult, “ταῦθ᾽ ὡς ἐγανώθηνAr.Ach.7, Ph.1.c., al.:—esp. pf. part. Pass. γεγανωμένος bright, “χλανίςPhld.Vit.p.21 J.; glad-looking, “στίλβων καὶ γεγανωμένοςAnacr.13A; γεγ. ὑπὸ τῆς ᾠδῆς, under the glamour of song, Pl.R.411a, cf. Phld.Mort.13, Plu.2.42c; γεγ. καὶ ἀνθηρός, of oratorical style, Id.TG2.
II. tin, lacker, “ἀγγεῖον γεγανωμένονCrito ap.Gal.12.490; “γ. τῷ κασσιτέρῳAët.12.55, cf. Eust.1188.61.
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