προμήκης: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ες, (μῆκος) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">prolonged, elongated</b>, βέλεα <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">VC</span>11</span>, cf. S. <span class="title">Ichn.</span>294; π. ἡ τῶν ὄφεων φύσις <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">GA</span>718a20</span>; σφῆκες -έστεροι τὴν μορφήν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">HA</span>627b25</span>, etc.; of Pericles, π. τὴν κεφαλήν <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Per.</span> 3</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">protruding</b>, γλῶσσα <span class="bibl">Aret.<span class="title">SA</span>1.5</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">oblong</b>, σχῆμα <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Tht.</span>148a</span>; φύλλον προμηκέστερον ἀπίου <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>3.10.1</span>; of rightangled triangles, <b class="b2">having the sides which contain the right angle unequal</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>54a</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> of numbers, <b class="b2">made up of two unequal factors</b> (as <span class="bibl">8</span> = <span class="bibl">2</span> X <span class="bibl">4</span>, <span class="bibl">32</span> = <span class="bibl">4</span> X <span class="bibl">8</span>), opp. <b class="b3">τετράγωνος</b> or <b class="b3">ἰσόπλευρος</b>, Id.<span class="title">Tht.</span>l.c., <span class="bibl">D.L.3.24</span>; also of solid numbers, <b class="b2">having not more than two out of three factors equal</b>, Anon. <span class="title">in Tht.</span>42.45.</span>