μακρός: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: adj.<br />Meaning: [[long]], [[great]], [[high]] also [[deep]], <b class="b2">tall, far, lasting long</b> (Il.).<br />Compounds: Many compp., e.g. <b class="b3">μακρό-βιος</b> <b class="b2">with long life</b> (Hdt., Hp.), <b class="b3">ἐπί-</b>, <b class="b3">ὑπό-</b>, <b class="b3">πρό-μακρος</b> <b class="b2">rather long</b> (Hp.; Strömberg Prefix Studies 100).<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">μακρό-τερος</b> (θ 20 = σ 195), <b class="b3">-τατος</b> (Ξ 288 a. 373); besides the primary <b class="b3">μάσσων</b>, <b class="b3">μήκιστος</b>, s. on <b class="b3">μῆκος</b>. Nominal abstracts: <b class="b3">μάκρος</b> n. [[length]] (Ar. Av. 1131; prob. accidental formation, cf. Chantraine Form. 417); <b class="b3">μακρότης</b> f. <b class="b2">id.</b> (hell.). Denomin. <b class="b3">μακρύνω</b> [[lengthen]], [[remove]] (LXX, Hero) with <b class="b3">μακρυσμός</b> <b class="b2">long intermediate</b>, <b class="b3">μάκρυμμα</b> n. <b class="b2">things thrown away</b> (LXX; v.l. <b class="b3">μάκρυνσις</b>).<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [699] <b class="b2">*meh₂ḱ-</b> [[long]], [[thin]], [[tall]]<br />Etymology: Old adj., also preserved in Latin and German.: Lat. [[macer]] [[meager]], [[thinn]], Germ., e.g. OHG [[magar]], OWNo. [[magr]] [[meager]]', IE <b class="b2">*mh₂ḱrós</b>. A parallel <b class="b2">l-</b>formation is found in Hitt. <b class="b2">mak-l-ant-</b> [[meager]]; cf. also <b class="b3">μακεδνός</b>. In the sense of [[long]], [[high]] <b class="b3">μακρός</b> pushed out inherited <b class="b3">δολιχός</b>; vgl. Porzig Gliederung 111. S. [[μῆκος]].