μηκύνω: Difference between revisions

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