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μηκύνω

μηκύνω, to lengthen, prolong, extend

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μηκυνθέντα aorist passive participle neuter accusative plural, aorist passive participle neuter nominative plural, aorist passive participle neuter vocative plural, aorist passive participle masculine accusative singular of μηκύνω

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μηκύν-ω, Dor. μᾱκ- Pi. (v. infr.): fut. -ῠνῶ Th. 4.17, Ion. -ῠνέω 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, μ. χρόνον, βίον, E. HF 87, 143:—Pass., νοσεύματα μηκυνθέντα Hp. Aër. 7; ἐμηκύνετο ὁ πόλεμος Th. 1.102.
      • 2 delay, put off, τέλος Pi. P. 4.286.
      • 3 μ. λόγον, λόγους, spin out a speech, speak at length, Hdt. 2.35, S. El. 1484; τέκνʼ εἰ φανέντʼ ἄελπτα μηκύνω λόγον Id. OC 1120; τὴν ἀπολογίαν Isoc. 11.44; λόγους μακροτέρους Th. 4.17: without λόγον, to be lengthy or tedious, Hdt. 3.60, Ar. Lys. 1132, Pl. R. 437a, D.H. Comp. 23; μ. περί τινος enlarge upon . ., Demetr. Eloc. 71: acc. objecti, μ. τὰ περὶ τῆς πόλεως, τὴν ὠφελίαν, 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, D.H. Comp. 12; to be dwelt upon, Demetr. Eloc. 137.
      • 4 μ. βοήν raise a loud cry, S. OC 489.
      • 5 Gramm., lengthen a syllable, Str. 10.5.8:—Pass., D.H. Comp. 15, Plu. Aet.Gr. 2.275f, A.D. Adv. 146.18; φωνῆεν μηκυνόμενον a vowel capable of being scanned long, as αιυ, Heph. 1.4.
      • 6 Arith., multiply by a fresh factor, Theol.Ar. 24,48.
      • 7 Med., ἐμακύναντο κολοσσόν reared a tall statue, AP 6.171.

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