protract
From LSJ
λύπης ἰατρός ἐστιν ὁ χρηστὸς φίλος → a true friend is grief's physician, a worthy friend is a physician to your pain
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
P. and V. μηκύνειν, τείνειν, ἐκτείνειν, P. ἀποτείνειν.
be protracted: P. and V. χρονίζεσθαι.
protracted: use adj., P. and V. χρόνιος.