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μηκικός
μήκιστος
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μηκύνω
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μηκωνάριον
μηκώνειος
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μηκύνω
μηκύν-ω, Dor. μᾱκ- Pi. (v. infr.): fut.-
A). ῠνῶ Th. 4.17 , Ion.-ῠνέω Hdt. 2.35 : aor. ἐμήκῡνα Id. 3.60 :— Med., v. infr. 7 :— Pass., pf. μεμήκυσμαι Phld. (v. infr.), Eust.ad D.P. 64 :— lengthen, prolong, Hp. Aph. 1.12 ; τὸ μέτωπον τῆς τάξεως X. Eq.Mag. 4.9 ; τὰς ὁδούς Id. Mem. 3.13.5 ; μηκυνθέν τε καὶ σχὸν πλάτος Pl. Plt. 282e ; of Time, μ. χρόνον, βίον, E. HF 87 , 143 :— Pass., νοσεύματα μηκυνθέντα Hp. Aër. 7 ; ἐμηκύνετο ὁ πόλεμος Th. 1.102 .
2). delay, put off, τέλος Pi. P. 4.286 .
3). μ. λόγον, λόγους, spin out a speech, speak at length, Hdt. 2.35 , S. El. 1484 ; τέκν’ εἰ φανέντ’ ἄελπτα μηκύνω λόγον Id. OC 1120 ; τὴν ἀπολογίαν Isoc. 11.44 ; λόγους μακροτέρους Th. 4.17 : without λόγον, to be lengthy or tedious, Hdt. 3.60 , Ar. Lys. 1132 , Pl. R. 437a , D.H. Comp. 23 ; μ. περί τινος enlarge upon .. , Demetr. Eloc. 71 : acc. objecti, μ. τὰ περὶ τῆς πόλεως, τὴν ὠφελίαν, talk at length about, dwell upon .. , Th. 2.42 , 43 :— Pass., to be expounded at length, αὖθις ταῦτα μηκυνθήσεται Epicur. Nat. 14.5 ; μεμηκυσμένον σύγγραμμα Phld. Po. 5.26 ; to be continually repeated, D.H. Comp. 12 ; to be dwelt upon, Demetr. Eloc. 137 .
4). μ. βοήν raise a loud cry, S. OC 489 .
5). Gramm., lengthen a syllable, Str. 10.5.8 :— Pass., D.H. Comp. 15 , Plu. 2.275f , A.D. Adv. 146.18 ; φωνῆεν μηκυνόμενον a vowel capable of being scanned long, as αιυ, Heph. 1.4 .
6). Arith., multiply by a fresh factor, Theol.Ar. 24 , 48 .
7). Med., ἐμακύναντο κολοσσόν reared a tall statue, AP 6.171 .


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to lengthen, prolong, extend

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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">μηκύν-ω</span>, Dor. <span class="orth greek">μᾱκ-</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> </span> (v. infr.): fut.-<div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="quote greek">ῠνῶ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:17" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.17/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 4.17 </a> , Ion.-<span class="itype greek">ῠνέω</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:35" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.35/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 2.35 </a>: aor. <span class="quote greek">ἐμήκῡνα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:60" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.60/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 3.60 </a> :— Med., v. infr. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7/canonical-url/"> 7 </a>:— Pass., pf. <span class="quote greek">μεμήκυσμαι</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Phld.</span> </span> (v. infr.), Eust.ad <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0084.tlg001:64" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0084.tlg001:64/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.P.</span> 64 </a>:— <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">lengthen, prolong</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg012.perseus-grc1:1:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg012.perseus-grc1:1.12/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Aph.</span> 1.12 </a>; <span class="quote greek">τὸ μέτωπον τῆς τάξεως</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg012.perseus-grc1:4:9" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg012.perseus-grc1:4.9/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eq.Mag.</span> 4.9 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τὰς ὁδούς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg002.perseus-grc1:3:13:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg002.perseus-grc1:3:13:5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mem.</span> 3.13.5 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">μηκυνθέν τε καὶ σχὸν πλάτος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg008.perseus-grc1:282e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg008.perseus-grc1:282e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Plt.</span> 282e </a> ; of Time, <span class="foreign greek">μ. χρόνον, βίον</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg009.perseus-grc1:87" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg009.perseus-grc1:87/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HF</span> 87 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg009.perseus-grc1:143" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg009.perseus-grc1:143/canonical-url/"> 143 </a>:— Pass., <span class="quote greek">νοσεύματα μηκυνθέντα</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> </span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">Aër.</span> <span class="bibl"> 7 </span>; <span class="quote greek">ἐμηκύνετο ὁ πόλεμος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:102" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.102/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 1.102 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">delay, put off</span>, <span class="quote greek">τέλος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4:286" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4.286/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">P.</span> 4.286 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">μ. λόγον, λόγους</span>, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">spin out</span> a speech, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">speak at length</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:35" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.35/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 2.35 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1484" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1484/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">El.</span> 1484 </a>; <span class="quote greek">τέκν’ εἰ φανέντ’ ἄελπτα μηκύνω λόγον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1120" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1120/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OC</span> 1120 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τὴν ἀπολογίαν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg010.perseus-grc1:44" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg010.perseus-grc1:44/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Isoc.</span> 11.44 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">λόγους μακροτέρους</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:17" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.17/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 4.17 </a> : without <span class="foreign greek">λόγον</span>, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">to be lengthy</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">tedious</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:60" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.60/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 3.60 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1132" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1132/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lys.</span> 1132 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:437a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:437a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 437a </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg012:23" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg012:23/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.H.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Comp.</span> 23 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">μ. περί τινος</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">enlarge</span> upon .. , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0613.tlg001:71" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0613.tlg001:71/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Demetr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eloc.</span> 71 </a>: acc. objecti, <span class="foreign greek">μ. τὰ περὶ τῆς πόλεως, τὴν ὠφελίαν</span>, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">talk at length about, dwell upon</span> .. , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:42" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.42/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 2.42 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:43" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:43/canonical-url/"> 43 </a>:— Pass., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">to be expounded at length</span>, <span class="quote greek">αὖθις ταῦτα μηκυνθήσεται</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0537.tlg003:14:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0537.tlg003:14.5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Epicur.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Nat.</span> 14.5 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">μεμηκυσμένον σύγγραμμα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1595.tlg290:5:26" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1595.tlg290:5.26/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Phld.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Po.</span> 5.26 </a> ; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">to be continually repeated</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg012:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg012:12/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.H.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Comp.</span> 12 </a>; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">to be dwelt upon</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0613.tlg001:137" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0613.tlg001:137/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Demetr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eloc.</span> 137 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">μ. βοήν</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">raise a loud</span> cry, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:489" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:489/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OC</span> 489 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>5).</strong></span> Gramm., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">lengthen</span> a syllable, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-grc1:10:5:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-grc1:10:5:8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Str.</span> 10.5.8 </a>:— Pass., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg012:15" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg012:15/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.H.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Comp.</span> 15 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> 2.275f </span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0082.tlg002:146:18" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0082.tlg002:146.18/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.D.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Adv.</span> 146.18 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">φωνῆεν μηκυνόμενον</span> a vowel <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">capable of being scanned long</span>, as <span class="itype greek">αιυ</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1402.tlg001:1:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1402.tlg001:1.4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Heph.</span> 1.4 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>6).</strong></span> Arith., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">multiply by a fresh factor,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Theol.Ar.</span> 24 </span>,<span class="bibl"> 48 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>7).</strong></span> Med., <span class="foreign greek">ἐμακύναντο κολοσσόν</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">reared a tall</span> statue, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AP</span> 6.171 </span>.</div> </div><br><br>'}