Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

μακρός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: μακρός μακρά̄ μακρόν

Structure: μακρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: (from MAK, Root of mh=kos)

Sense

  1. long
  2. tall, deep
  3. far, distant
  4. (time) long
  5. (grammar, of vowels) long

Examples

  • πολλὰ μὲν γὰρ ἐκ θαλάσσησ, πολλὰ δ’ ἐκ χέρσου κακὰ γίγνεται θνητοῖσ, ὁ μάσσων βίοτοσ ἢν ταθῇ, πρόσω. (Aeschylus, Persians, episode, trochees3)
  • μηδέ γε, ὅτι οὐχ ἡγεμόνασ ἔχων ἀνθρώπουσ πλανᾷ ἀνὰ τὰ ὄρη, ἀλλ’ ὅπῃ ἂν τὰ θηρία ὑφηγῆται, ταύτῃ μεταθεῖσ, μήτι καὶ νῦν οὕτω τὰ δύσβατα πορεύου, ἀλλὰ κέλευέ σοι τοὺσ ἡγεμόνασ, ἐὰν μὴ πολὺ μάσσων ἡ ὁδὸσ ᾖ, τὴν ῥᾴστην ἡγεῖσθαι· (Xenophon, Cyropaedia, , chapter 4 32:1)
  • δῆλοσ δὲ καὶ λέων ἐπιβρυχώμενοσ οἱᾶ δράσει, μὴ ὅτι μασσῶν. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 30:1)

Synonyms

  1. long

  2. tall

  3. far

  4. long

  5. long

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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