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