μηκύν-ω (mekuno)

Where it lives

Busiris 1 · 3.64/10k
Helen 1 · 2.68/10k
Heracles 2 · 2.56/10k
Menexenus 1 · 2.08/10k
Oedipus at Colonus 2 · 1.93/10k
On the Cavalry Commander 1 · 1.74/10k
De aere aquis et locis 1 · 1.35/10k
Lysistrata 1 · 1.26/10k
Electra 1 · 1.15/10k
Philebus 2 · 1.13/10k
Ars Poetica 1 · 0.99/10k
Mark 1 · 0.91/10k

Densest 12 of 25 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

μηκύν-ω · mēkyn-ō — LSJ

lengthen, prolong

lengthen, prolong, Hp. Aph. 1.12; τὸ μέτωπον τῆς τάξεως X. Eq.Mag. 4.9; τὰς ὁδούς Id. Mem. 3.13.5; μηκυνθέν τε καὶ σχὸν πλάτος Pl. Plt. 282e; of Time, μ. χρόνον, βίον, E. HF 87, 143:—Pass., νοσεύματα μηκυνθέντα Hp. Aër. 7; ἐμηκύνετο ὁ πόλεμος Th. 1.102.

2 delay, put off

delay, put off, τέλος Pi. P. 4.286.

3 spin out, speak at length, to be lengthy, tedious, enlarge, talk at length about, dwell upon, to be expounded at length, to be continually repeated, to be dwelt upon

μ. λόγον, λόγους, spin out a speech, speak at length, Hdt. 2.35, S. El. 1484; τέκνʼ εἰ φανέντʼ ἄελπτα μηκύνω λόγον Id. OC 1120; τὴν ἀπολογίαν Isoc. 11.44; λόγους μακροτέρους Th. 4.17: without λόγον, to be lengthy or tedious, Hdt. 3.60, Ar. Lys. 1132, Pl. R. 437a, D.H. Comp. 23; μ. περί τινος enlarge upon . . , Demetr. Eloc. 71: acc. objecti, μ. τὰ περὶ τῆς πόλεως, τὴν ὠφελίαν, talk at length about, dwell upon . . , Th. 2.42, 43:—Pass., to be expounded at length, αὖθις ταῦτα μηκυνθήσεται Epicur.

4 raise a loud

μ. βοήν raise a loud cry, S. OC 489.

5 lengthen, capable of being scanned long

Gramm., lengthen a syllable, Str. 10.5.8:—Pass., D.H. Comp. 15, Plu. Aet.Gr. 2.275f, A.D. Adv. 146.18; φωνῆεν μηκυνόμενον a vowel capable of being scanned long, as αιυ, Heph. 1.4.

6 multiply by a fresh factor

Arith., multiply by a fresh factor, Theol.Ar. 24,48.

7 reared a tall

Med., ἐμακύναντο κολοσσόν reared a tall statue, AP 6.171.

In the wild

μηκύνειν · mēkynein Aristophanes, Lysistrata 1128 (DIORISIS sentence 894)
μηκύνεται · mēkynetai Aristotle, Ars Poetica 17
μηκύνειν · mēkynein Aristotle, Metaphysics book 13 (DIORISIS sentence 3835)
μηκῦναι · mēkynai Euripides, Heracles 143
μηκύνωμεν · mēkynōmen Euripides, Heracles 87–89
μηκυνέων · mēkyneōn Herodotus, Histories 2.35.1 (DIORISIS sentence 1777)

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Where it came from

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