προμήκης

English (LSJ)

ες, (μῆκος)

   A prolonged, elongated, βέλεα Hp.VC11, cf. S. Ichn.294; π. ἡ τῶν ὄφεων φύσις Arist.GA718a20; σφῆκες -έστεροι τὴν μορφήν Id.HA627b25, etc.; of Pericles, π. τὴν κεφαλήν Plu.Per. 3.    2 protruding, γλῶσσα Aret.SA1.5.    II oblong, σχῆμα Pl. Tht.148a; φύλλον προμηκέστερον ἀπίου Thphr.HP3.10.1; of rightangled triangles, having the sides which contain the right angle unequal, Pl.Ti.54a.    2 of numbers, made up of two unequal factors (as 8 = 2 X 4, 32 = 4 X 8), opp. τετράγωνος or ἰσόπλευρος, Id.Tht.l.c., D.L.3.24; also of solid numbers, having not more than two out of three factors equal, Anon. in Tht.42.45.