The corpus record

μακρ-ύνω

makruno

prolong, lengthen, remove to a distance, put away

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What it meant — LSJ

prolong

prolong, ἡμέρας ib.Ec. l.c.; ἀνομίαν ib. Ps. 128(129).3.

2 lengthen

lengthen a syllable, Sch. Il. 16.390 (Pass.).

II remove to a distance, put away, to be far off, from

remove to a distance, put away, τὴν βοήθειαν LXX Ps. 21(22).20, cf. 39(40).12; τοὺς ἀνθρώπους ib. Is. 6.12:—Pass., to be far off, τόπου from a place, Hero Spir.Praef.

2 travel far

intr. in Act., travel far, c. gen., LXX Jd. 18.22, cf. Ps. 54(55).7.

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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