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παραμήκ-ης

paramekes

oblong, oval, prolate

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What it meant

παραμήκ-ης · paramēk-ēs — LSJ

oblong, oval, prolate, rectum, obliquely

oblong or oval, ὑποχονδρίου σύντασις π. πρὸς ὀμφαλόν Hp. Epid. 1.4.2 [1.26.βʹ]; τρῆμα, αὐλῶνες, Plb. 1.22.6, Agatharch. 44 ; λόφος D.S. 15.32 ; ἀσπίς, πίνακες, Ascl. Tact. 1.3, Gem. 16.4 ; π. σφαιροειδές prolate spheroid, Archim. Con.Sph.Praef., al.; γῆ Str. 17.3.23 ; τὸ π. ἔντερον the rectum, Aret. SA 2.10, SD 1.7 ; of military formations, opp. πλάγιος, φάλαγξ Ascl. Tact. 10.21, cf. Arr. Tact. 26.2 : Comp. -κέστερος Gp. 19.6.1 ; κύκλου παραμηκεστέρου Paus. 5.26.3. Adv., Ion. παραμηκέως, κληΐς π

2 long

long, π. ὅσον ἑξήκοντα σταδίων τὸ μῆκος Str. 9.1.22.

3 lengthened

lengthened, of strokes in a letter, Aen. Tact. 31.3.

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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