μηκύνω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Dor. μᾱκ- Pi. (v. infr.): fut. -<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> ῠνῶ <span class="bibl">Th.4.17</span>, Ion. -ῠνέω <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.35</span>: aor. ἐμήκῡνα <span class="bibl">Id.3.60</span>:—Med., v. infr. <span class="bibl">7</span>:—Pass., pf. μεμήκυσμαι Phld. (v. infr.), Eust.ad <span class="bibl">D.P.64</span>:— [[lengthen]], [[prolong]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Aph.</span>1.12</span>; τὸ μέτωπον τῆς τάξεως <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Eq.Mag.</span>4.9</span>; τὰς ὁδούς <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Mem.</span>3.13.5</span>; μηκυνθέν τε καὶ σχὸν πλάτος <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Plt.</span>282e</span>; of Time, <b class="b3">μ. χρόνον, βίον</b>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">HF</span>87</span>, <span class="bibl">143</span>:—Pass., νοσεύματα μηκυνθέντα Hp.Aër.7; ἐμηκύνετο ὁ πόλεμος <span class="bibl">Th.1.102</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[delay]], [[put off]], τέλος <span class="bibl">Pi. <span class="title">P.</span>4.286</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">μ. λόγον, λόγους</b>, [[spin out]] a speech, [[speak at length]], <span class="bibl">Hdt. 2.35</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>1484</span>; τέκν' εἰ φανέντ' ἄελπτα μηκύνω λόγον <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">OC</span>1120</span>; τὴν ἀπολογίαν <span class="bibl">Isoc.11.44</span>; λόγους μακροτέρους <span class="bibl">Th.4.17</span>: without <b class="b3">λόγον</b>, [[to be lengthy]] or [[tedious]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.60</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Lys.</span>1132</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>437a</span>, <span class="bibl">D.H. <span class="title">Comp.</span>23</span>; <b class="b3">μ. περί τινος</b> [[enlarge]] upon... <span class="bibl">Demetr.<span class="title">Eloc.</span>71</span>: acc. objecti, <b class="b3">μ. τὰ περὶ τῆς πόλεως, τὴν ὠφελίαν</b>, <b class="b2">talk at length about, dwell upon</b>... <span class="bibl">Th.2.42</span>,<span class="bibl">43</span>:—Pass., to [[be expounded at length]], αὖθις ταῦτα μηκυνθήσεται <span class="bibl">Epicur.<span class="title">Nat.</span>14.5</span>; μεμηκυσμένον σύγγραμμα <span class="bibl">Phld.<span class="title">Po.</span>5.26</span>; to [[be continually repeated]], <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Comp.</span>12</span>; to [[be dwelt upon]], <span class="bibl">Demetr.<span class="title">Eloc.</span>137</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b3">μ. βοήν</b> [[raise a loud]] cry, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>489</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> Gramm., [[lengthen]] a syllable, <span class="bibl">Str.10.5.8</span>:—Pass., <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Comp.</span>15</span>, Plu.2.275f, <span class="bibl">A.D.<span class="title">Adv.</span>146.18</span>; <b class="b3">φωνῆεν μηκυνόμενον</b> a vowel [[capable of being scanned long]], as αιυ, <span class="bibl">Heph.1.4</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">6</span> Arith., [[multiply by a fresh factor]], Theol.Ar.24,48. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">7</span> Med., <b class="b3">ἐμακύναντο κολοσσόν</b> [[reared a tall]] statue, <span class="title">AP</span>6.171.</span>