The corpus record

μακραίων

makraion · ὁ

lasting long

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Where it lives

Oedipus Tyrannus 2 · 2.16/10k
Epinomis 1 · 1.59/10k
Antigone 1 · 1.36/10k
Ajax 1 · 1.27/10k
Oedipus at Colonus 1 · 0.97/10k
Republic 2 · 0.23/10k

What it meant — LSJ

lasting long

lasting long, βίος A. Fr. 350 (dub.), S. OT 518; μακραίωνι . . σχολᾷ Id. Aj. 193 (lyr.).

2 long-lived, aged, of the immortals?

of persons, long-lived, aged, Id. OC 152 (lyr.); Μοῖραι μ. Id. Ant. 987 (lyr.); τίς τῶν μ.; who of the immortals? Id. OT 1099 (lyr.); μ. λαός Tim. Pers. 219; of the stars, Corn. ND 17.

In the wild

μακραίωνα · makraiōna Plato, Epinomis 981
μακραίωνας · makraiōnas Plato, Republic 2.383 (DIORISIS sentence 1448)
μακραίωνας · makraiōnas Plato, Republic 2.383 (DIORISIS sentence 1452)
μακραίωνι · makraiōni Sophocles, Ajax 193–195
μακραίωνες · makraiōnes Sophocles, Antigone 986–987
μακραίων · makraiōn Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 150–151

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Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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