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μακράν

makran

far, far, far

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Where it lives

  • Psalmi Salomonis 4 · 8.41/10k
  • Proverbia 9 · 8.1/10k
  • Epistula Jeremiae 1 · 7.94/10k
  • Joel 1 · 6.49/10k
  • Prometheus Bound 3 · 5.1/10k
  • Ephesians 1 · 4.15/10k
  • Zacharias 2 · 4.15/10k
  • Siracides 7 · 3.79/10k
  • Electra 3 · 3.46/10k
  • Oedipus Tyrannus 3 · 3.24/10k
  • Agamemnon 2 · 2.47/10k
  • Josue (cod. Vat.) 3 · 2.25/10k

Densest 12 of 60 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — LSJ

far, far, far, far from, to a greater distance, as far as possible

far, μ. ἀνωτέρω θακῶν A. Pr. 314; μ. λελειμμένος left far behind, ib. 857; οὐδέπω μακρὰν πτέσθαι σθένοντες S. OT 16; ἀπελθεῖν Ar. Ra. 438 (lyr.); ἱέναι X. An. 3.4.17; ἔστʼ οὐ μ. ἄπωθεν Ar. Av. 1184; τοὔργον οὐ μ. λέγεις the business you speak of is not far to seek, S. Ph. 26: c. gen., far from, βαρβάρου χθονός E. IT 629; κἂν ᾖ τοῦ γένους μ. Pl.Com. 192; τῶν πολεμίων Plb. 3.50.8; οὐ μ. ἀπό τινος Id. 3.45.2: in Comp., ἀποσκίδνασθαι μακροτέραν to a greater distance, Th. 6.98; πορεύεσθαι μ. X. An. 2

2 at length

μακρὰν λέγειν speak at length, A. Th. 713, S. El. 1259; μ. τείνειν A. Ag. 1296, S. Aj. 1040; ἐκτείνειν A. Ag. 916.

II long, shortly, at length

of Time, long, μ. ζῆν, ἀναμένειν, S. El. 323, 1389 (lyr.); οὐ μ. shortly, E. Or. 850, etc.; so οὐκ ἐς μακρήν Hdt. 5.108, cf. A. Supp. 925, Ar. V. 454, etc.; εὐθύς, οὐκ εἰς μακράν D. 18.36 (but, not at length, Phld. Piet. 25).

In the wild

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Where it came from

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