The corpus record

μάσσων

masson · ὁ

longer, greater, too many

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Where it lives

Persians 2 · 3.93/10k
Prometheus Bound 1 · 1.7/10k
Odyssey 1 · 0.12/10k

What it meant

μάσσων · massōn — LSJ

longer, greater, too many

longer, ἔτι μ. Od. 8.203; μάσσονʼ ἢ ὡς ἰδέμεν greater than one else could see, Pi. O. 13.113; μάσσονʼ ἀριθμοῦ too many for counting, Id. N. 2.23; τὰ μάσσώ μὲν τί δεῖ λέγειν; A. Ag. 598, cf. Pers. 440; ὁ μ. βίοτος ib. 708 (troch.); [ἔλαφοι] μάσσονες ἢ ταῦροι Call. Dian. 102: c. acc. cogn., μῆκος μάσσων Nic. Th. 224: in Prose, μ. ὁδός X. Cyr. 2.4.27; μάσσω δρόμον (prob.) Id. Lac. 12.5. Adv., μάσσον ὡς ἐμοὶ γλυκύ (nisi leg. μάσσονʼ ὧν) A. Pr. 629.

In the wild

μάσσονα · massona Aeschylus, Persians 439–440
μάσσων · massōn Aeschylus, Persians 707–708
μᾶσσον · masson Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 629
μᾶσσον · masson Odyssey 8.203

Where it came from

Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. μάσσων (scan p. 962; entry #3944).
Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. μάσσων (scan p. 687; entry #5095).
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. μάσσων (scan p. 1154; entry #3751).

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