The corpus record

μάκρα

makra · ἡ

bath-tub, sarcophagus

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Where it lives

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What it meant — LSJ

bath-tub, sarcophagus

bath-tub, Eup. [Junior] 136 (v.l.), PCair.Zen. 14 (b). 10 (iii B.C.), Plb. 30.29.3, IG 5(1).1390.107 (Andania, i B. C.), Ariston ap. Phld. Vit. p.29 J., Dsc. 3.139 (codd.opt.), Damocr. ap. Gal. 13.352, Crito ap.eund. 12.589, Artem. 5.58, etc.; esp. sarcophagus, Jahresh. 18 Beibl. 46 (Elaeussa), Wiener Denkschr. 44(6).64,65 (Cilicia), BCH 20.351 (Cyprus), Arch.Pap. 2.561 No.97 (Egypt, i A. D.), Princeton Exp.Inscr. 1152 (Syria, ii A.D.). [μᾰ- in verse, Damocr. l.c., prob. in Eup. l.c.]

In the wild

μάκρʼ · makrʼ Odyssey 12.229

Where it came from

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