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|etymtx=Grammatical information: adj.<br />Meaning: [[long]] (Il.).<br />Dialectal forms: Myc. PN [[dorikao]] \/[[Dolikhaon]]\/, [[dorikano]] \/[[Dolikhanor]]\/.<br />Compounds: Often as first member of compounds; note <b class="b3">δολιχό-σκιος</b> of <b class="b3">ἔγχος</b> (Hom.), <b class="b2">with a long shadow</b>.<br />Derivatives: With regular accent change (Schwyzer 420) <b class="b3">δόλιχος</b> m. <b class="b2">the long course</b>, (Att. etc.) with <b class="b3">δολιχεύω</b> <b class="b2">run a long course</b>, <b class="b3">δολιχεύς</b> <b class="b2">long course runner</b> (Sparta IIp); on <b class="b3">δόλιχος</b> as plant name (Thphr.) s. Strömberg Theophrastea 107 n. 1, Pflanzennamen 24. Lengthened poet. form with metrical lengthening <b class="b3">δουλιχόεις</b> (AP); PlN <b class="b3">Δολιχίστη</b> island before Lycia, prop. superlative, and <b class="b3">Δουλίχιον</b> island in the Ionic Sea (Hom.), cf. Seiler Steigerungsformen 101.<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [196] <b class="b2">*d(e)lh₁gʰó-</b> [[long]]<br />Etymology: Old IE word for [[long]], in: Skt. <b class="b2">dīrghá-</b>, Av. <b class="b2">darǝγa-</b>, OCS [[dlъgъ]], Serb. <b class="b2">dȕg</b>, Lith. (with unexplained loss of <b class="b2">d-</b>) <b class="b2">ìlgas</b>, Hitt. <b class="b2">dalugi-</b>. From <b class="b2">*dl̥H-gho-</b>; <b class="b3">δολιχ-</b> (and <b class="b2">dalug-</b>) have unexplained vowel (s. Schwyzer 278, Specht Ursprung 126, Locker Glotta 22, 59, Kronasser Vgl. Laut- und Formenlehre des Heth. 42). Here also Lat. [[indulgeō]] <b class="b2">be kind, indulgent</b> and Germ., e. g. Goth. [[tulgus]] [[fest]], [[steadfast]] are connected, as well as Alb. <b class="b2">glatë</b>, <b class="b2">gjatë</b> [[long]] (with sec. <b class="b2">-të</b>?). - To <b class="b3">δολιχός</b> belongs <b class="b3">ἐνδελεχής</b> [[continuous]] (Att. etc.) with <b class="b3">ἐνδελέχεια</b>, <b class="b3">ἐνδελεχέω</b>, <b class="b3">-ίζω</b>, <b class="b3">-ισμός</b> (like <b class="b3">ἐν-τελής</b>, <b class="b3">ἐμ-μελής</b> etc.). - Another word for [[long]] in westeuropean languages with Lat. [[longūs]], Goth. [[laggs]] etc. A supposed <b class="b2">*dlongo-</b> cannot bridge the difference, in spite of MPers. [[drang]], NPers. [[dirang]]. See Porzig Gliederung 123f., 190f.

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