μηκύνω
ὑπὸ δὲ τῆς φιλαυτίας παρηγμένοι ἄλογα φασὶν τὰ ζῷα ἐφεξῆς τὰ ἄλλα σύμπαντα → it is self-love which leads them to say that all the other animals without exception are non-rational
English (LSJ)
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.HF87, 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.OC1120; 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.OC489. 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, AP6.171.
