μακράν: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ion. μακρήν, acc. fem. of [[μακρός]] used as Adv., <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[far]], μ. ἀνωτέρω θακῶν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>314</span>; <b class="b3">μ. λελειμμένος</b> left [[far]] behind, ib.<span class="bibl">857</span>; οὐδέπω μακρὰν πτέσθαι σθένοντες <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>16</span>; ἀπελθεῖν <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>438</span> (lyr.); ἱέναι <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>3.4.17</span>; ἔστ' οὐ μ. ἄπωθεν <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>1184</span>; <b class="b3">τοὔργον οὐ μ. λέγεις</b> the business you speak of is not [[far]] to seek, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>26</span>: c. gen., [[far from]], βαρβάρου χθονός <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IT</span>629</span>; κἂν ᾖ τοῦ γένους μ. <span class="bibl">Pl.Com.192</span>; τῶν πολεμίων <span class="bibl">Plb.3.50.8</span>; οὐ μ. ἀπό τινος <span class="bibl">Id.3.45.2</span>: in Comp., <b class="b3">ἀποσκίδνασθαι μακροτέραν</b> [[to a greater distance]], <span class="bibl">Th.6.98</span>; πορεύεσθαι μ. <span class="bibl">X. <span class="title">An.</span>2.2.11</span>: Sup., <b class="b3">ὅτι μακροτάτην</b> [[as far as possible]], c. gen. loci, ib.<span class="bibl">7.8.20</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">μακρὰν λέγειν</b> speak [[at length]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>713</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>1259</span>; μ. τείνειν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1296</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>1040</span>; ἐκτείνειν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>916</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> of Time, [[long]], <b class="b3">μ. ζῆν, ἀναμένειν</b>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>323</span>, <span class="bibl">1389</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">οὐ μ</b>. [[shortly]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>850</span>, etc.; so οὐκ ἐς μακρήν <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.108</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>925</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>454</span>, etc.; εὐθύς, οὐκ εἰς μὰκράν <span class="bibl">D.18.36</span> (but, not [[at length]], <span class="bibl">Phld. <span class="title">Piet.</span> 25</span>).</span>