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μακρόβιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: μακρόβιος μακρόβιον

Structure: μακροβι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: bi/os

Sense

  1. long-lived

Examples

  • ζῶσι δ’ οἱ πλεῖστοι καθάπερ ὁ μακροβιώτατοσ ἄνθρωποσ, οἱ δὲ μάλιστα γηράσαντεσ ἔτη διακόσια. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 2, chapter 42 2:2)
  • μακροβιώτατόσ τε γέγονεν, ὥσ που καὶ αὐτόσ φησιν· (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume I, , section11)
  • μακροβιώτατόσ τε γέγονεν, ὥσ που καὶ αὐτόσ φησιν· (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume I, , 51)
  • μακροβιώτατόσ τε γέγονεν, ὥσ που καὶ αὐτόσ φησιν· (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, Q, Kef. b'. XENOFANHS 1:12)

Synonyms

  1. long-lived

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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