lengthen the τόνος
lengthen the τόνος in a torsion-engine, μ. τὸ μῆκος τῶν τόνων Ph. Bel. 68.15.
II persevere
persevere, LXX 2 Ma. 8.26 (v. l. for ἐμακροθύμησαν).
The corpus record
μακρο-τονέω
makrotoneo
lengthen the τόνος
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Where it lives
- Machabaeorum II 1 · 0.87/10k
What it meant — LSJ
In the wild
- ἐμακροτόνησαν · emakrotonēsan Septuaginta, Machabaeorum II 8
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.