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|Definition=ά<b class="b3">, όν [ᾰ</b> by nature], <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[long]], whether of Space or Time, </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">I</span> of Space, </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">1</span> in length, [[long]], δόρυ <span class="bibl">Il.7.140</span>; <b class="b3">νέες, νῆες μ</b>. <b class="b2">ships of war</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.21</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.1.41</span>, etc. (collect. in sg., <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>380</span>); πλοῖα μ. <span class="bibl">Hdt. 5.30</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.1.14</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τὰ -ότερα</b> measured by <b class="b2">the longer sides</b>, i. e. <b class="b2">length-wise</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.50</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ μ. τείχη</b> the [[long]] walls of Athens, <span class="bibl">Th.8.71</span>, etc.; ἐν τῷ μακρῷ σκέλει τῷ πὸτ τῷ Ποτειδανίῳ <span class="title">SIG</span>247 iii 11 (Delph., iv B. C.); <b class="b3">ἡ μακρά</b> (sc. <b class="b3">γραμμή</b>), line traced by <b class="b3">δικασταί</b> to indicate the heavier penalty, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>106</span>; <b class="b3">ὁ μ. δρόμος</b> the <b class="b2">long-distance</b> torch-race, <span class="title">SIG</span> 1068.9 (Patmos, iii/ii B. C.), al., <span class="title">OGI</span>339.83 (Sestos, ii B. C.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> in height, [[tall]], [[high]], <b class="b3">μ. Ὄλυμπος, οὔρεα, δένδρεα, κίων</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.15.193</span>, <span class="bibl">13.18</span>,<span class="bibl">9.541</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.1.127</span>, etc.; of a man, μακρότερον καὶ πάσσονα θῆκεν ἰδέσθαι <span class="bibl">8.20</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">18.195</span>; μ. πύκτης <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PLond.</span>3.1158.6</span> (iii A. D.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> reversely, [[deep]], φρείατα <span class="bibl">Il.21.197</span>; φάραγξ <span class="bibl">Herod.8.17</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> in distance, [[long]], [[far]], [[remote]], κέλευθος <span class="bibl">Il.15.358</span>; οἶμος <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>290</span>; ναυτιλίαι <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.1</span>; στόλος <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>490</span>; <b class="b3">μ. ἐπιβοήθειαι</b> [[long]] marches to aid, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>5.4.47</span>; [[remote]], ἀποικία <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>814</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ μακρότατα</b> the <b class="b2">remotest parts</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.32</span>: freq. in neut. sg. and pl. as Adv., <b class="b3">μακρὰ βιβάς, βιβάσθων</b>, with [[long]] strides, <span class="bibl">Il.7.213</span>, <span class="bibl">13.809</span>; <b class="b3">μακρὰ ῥίψαις, δισκήσαις</b>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>1.45</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">I.</span>2.35</span>; -ότερον σφενδονᾶν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>3.4.16</span>; <b class="b3">μακρὸν ἀῧσαι, βοᾶν</b>, to shout <b class="b2">so as to be heard afar</b>, i. e. [[loudly]], <span class="bibl">Il.3.81</span>, <span class="bibl">2.224</span>; μακρὰ μεμυκώς <span class="bibl">18.580</span>; μακρὸν ἠχεῖν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>329a</span>; κλάειν σε μακρὰ κελεύσας <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>433</span> (v. <b class="b3">κλαίω</b> and infr. v); later by analogy, μακρὰ χαίρειν φράσας τῷ ναυπηγῷ <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Nav.</span>2</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Apol.</span>3</span>, al., <span class="bibl">D.C.46.3</span>; cf. [[μακράν]]. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> generally, <b class="b2">large in size</b> or [[degree]], [[great]], ἤπειρος <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>75</span>; ὄλβος <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>2.26</span>; πλοῦτος <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>130</span>; τιμήματα <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span> 1278a23</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">1297b4</span> (Sup.); <b class="b3">οὐσία</b> ib.<span class="bibl">1290b16</span>, <span class="bibl">1321a11</span>; μακροτέρα ἀρετά <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span>4(3).13</span>; ἐλπίσαντες μακρότερα μὲν τῆς δυνάμεως, ἐλάσσω δὲ τῆς βουλήσεως <span class="bibl">Th.3.39</span>; <b class="b3">μ. τραπεζῖται</b>, perh. [[big]] bankers, <b class="b2">Cat.Cod. Astr</b>.<span class="bibl">7.222</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> dat. <b class="b3">μακρῷ</b>, to strengthen Comp. and Sup., <b class="b2">by far</b>, μ. πρῶτος <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.34</span>; ἄριστος μ. <span class="bibl">Id.9.71</span>; ἀσθενεστέρα μ. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>514</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phlb.</span>66e</span>; μ. μάλιστα <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.171</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>30</span>, etc.; κάκιστα δὴ μ. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>895</span>: also with Verbs implying comparison, ἀριστεύει μ. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>890</span> (lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl">D.H.1.2</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> of Time, [[long]] (Hom. only in Od.), <b class="b3">ἤματα, νύξ</b>, <span class="bibl">10.470</span>, <span class="bibl">11.373</span>; <b class="b3">αἰών</b> v. l. in <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>3.75</span>; μ. χρόνος <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.32</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">οὐ μ. χρόνου</b> for no [[long]] time, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>1078</span>, etc.; διὰ μ. χρόνου <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>741</span> (troch.); ἐν χρόνῳ μ. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>88</span>, etc.; δι' αἰῶνος μ. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>582</span> (lyr.); τὸν μ. βίον <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Pr.</span>449</span>; τοῦ μ. βίου <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>473</span>; <b class="b3">μηνὶ -ότερος</b> [[by]] a month, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.32</span>; <b class="b3">μακρῷ</b> (cf. <span class="bibl">1.5</span>) πρότερον Gal.8.958; <b class="b3">μ. ἐέλδωρ</b> a <b class="b2">long-cherished</b> wish, <span class="bibl">Od.23.54</span>; <b class="b3">μ. γόοι, ὀδύρματα</b>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>375</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hec.</span>297</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[long]], [[tedious]], <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>4.33</span>, etc.; λόγοι <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>1335</span>, <span class="bibl">Th. 3.60</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">μακρὰν ἔοικε λέξειν</b> (sc. <b class="b3">ῥῆσιν</b>) <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Th.</span>382</span>; οὐδὲ εἷς Ὅμηρον εἴρηκεν μακρόν <span class="bibl">Philem.97.7</span>; <b class="b3">μακρόν [ἐστι</b>] c. inf., Lat. <b class="b2">longum est</b>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span>6(5).56</span>; μ. ἂν εἴη γράφειν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Ages.</span>7.1</span>. Adv. -ρῶς, λέγεσθαι <span class="bibl">Antiph. 268</span>: Comp. -ότερον<b class="b3">, ποιεῖς</b> you are taking <b class="b2">too long</b>, PCair.Zen. 48.4 (iii B. C.), cf. <span class="bibl">Philippid.21</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> Gramm., [[long]] in quantity, φωνήεντα <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Po.</span>1458a11</span>, <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Comp.</span>15</span>; <b class="b3">μακρά</b> (sc. <b class="b3">συλλαβή</b>), ἡ, <span class="bibl">A.D.<span class="title">Pron.</span>92.12</span>; ἡ φύσει μ. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Adv.</span>179.16</span>: Comp., φωνήεντι μακροτέρῳ <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Po.</span>1458a1</span>; also <b class="b3">μακρά</b> (sc. <b class="b3">προσῳδία</b>), ἡ, [[mark of long quantity]], <span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">M.</span>1.113</span>, D.T.<span class="title">Supp.</span>674.7; ᾱ μακρόν <span class="bibl">A.D.<span class="title">Pron.</span>112</span>. <span class="bibl">6</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> neut. with Preps. in adverb. sense, <b class="b3">διὰ μακροῦ</b> (sc. <b class="b3">χρόνου</b>) after <b class="b2">a long time, long delayed</b>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hec.</span>320</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ph.</span>1069</span>; <b class="b3">οὐ διὰ μακροῦ</b> not <b class="b2">long after</b>, <span class="bibl">Th.6.15</span>,<span class="bibl">91</span>, Pl.<span class="title">Alc.</span>2.151b (also of place, οὐ διὰ μ. τῆς Ῥώμης <span class="bibl">D.H.9.56</span>); διὰ μακρῶν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>420.1</span>; διὰ μακρᾶς <span class="bibl">Phalar.<span class="title">Ep.</span> 69.1</span>; but <b class="b3">διὰ μακρῶν</b> <b class="b2">at great length</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>449b</span>, etc.; διὰ μακροτέρων <span class="bibl">Isoc.4.106</span>; <b class="b3">μικρῷ διὰ μ</b>. at somewhat <b class="b2">greater length</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">Pol.</span>1279b11</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">ὄλβος οὐκ ἐς μακρὸν ἔρχεται</b> for no <b class="b2">long time</b>, <span class="bibl">Pi. <span class="title">P.</span>3.105</span>; <b class="b3">ἐς τὰ μακρότατα</b> to the [[utmost]], <span class="bibl">Th.6.31</span>; v. [[μακράν]] <span class="bibl">11</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">ἐπὶ μακρόν</b> <b class="b2">far, a long way</b>, πορεύεσθαι <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>5.4.47</span>; of Time, <span class="bibl">Call. <span class="title">Del.</span>255</span>; ὅσον ἐπὶ μακρότατον οἷοί τε ἐγενόμεθα ἐξικέσθαι ἀκοῇ <span class="bibl">Hdt. 4.16</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">2.34</span> (<b class="b3">ἐπὶ</b> omitted <span class="bibl">1.171</span> codd.); τοσόνδε ἐπὶ μ. ἐπυθόμην <span class="bibl">Id.2.29</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ μακρότερον</b> <b class="b2">yet more</b>, <span class="bibl">Th.4.41</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> regul. Comp. and Sup., v. supr.: irreg. Comp. <b class="b3">μάσσων</b>, Sup. <b class="b3">μήκιστος</b>, v. sub vocc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">V</span> Adv. -<b class="b3">ρῶς</b> <b class="b2">at great length</b>, opp. <b class="b3">συντόμως</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span> 1416b4</span>; [[slowly]], <span class="bibl">Plb.3.51.2</span>; <b class="b3">μ. ἔχειν τοῖν σκέλοιν</b> have [[long]] legs, <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">Gym.</span>31</span>; of pronunciation, <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Comp.</span>15</span>; μ. ἐκφέρειν συλλαβήν <span class="bibl">Str.13.1.68</span>: but the Adv. is usu. expressed by neut. <b class="b3">μακρόν</b> or <b class="b3">μακρά</b>, cf. supr. <span class="bibl">1.3</span>; <b class="b3">μακρὰ κλάειν</b> to howl [[loudly]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Th.</span>211</span>; οἰμώξει μ. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Av.</span>1207</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pl.</span>111</span>; ὀτοτύζεσθαι μ. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Lys.</span>520</span>; <b class="b3">τί μακρὰ δεῖ λέγειν</b>; <span class="bibl">Antiph.33.5</span>; also by <b class="b3">μακράν</b> (v. sub voc.); or by neut. with a Prep., v. supr. <span class="bibl">111</span>: for Comp. and Sup. of the Adv., v. [[μακροτέρως, μακροτάτω]]: neut. pl. -ότερα as Adv., <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>250c</span>, al.— Fem. <b class="b3">μακρά</b> not to be confused with <b class="b3">μάκρα</b> (q. v.). (Cf. Avest. [[mas]]-'long', Lat. [[macer]].) </span>