μακρό- τατος

Grammatical information: n.

Meaning: `length' (Od.).

Dialectal forms: Dor. μᾶκος (Archyt.)

Compounds: Often as 2. member, e.g. περι-μήκης, Dor. - μάκης `very long, very high' (Il), with expressive enlargement περιμήκ-ετος `id.' (Hom., Arat.), after πάχετος, ἀριδείκετος, ἀμαιμάκετος a. o. (Schwyzer 501, Seiler Steigerungsformen 75).

Derivatives: Beside μῆκος the sup. μήκιστος, Dor. μάκιστος `longest, highest, greatest' (Il.) with Μηκιστεύς PN (Il.; Boßhardt 93 f.) beside the comp. μάσσων, μᾶσσον (θ 203 etc.; after ἆσσον); to μακρός (s.v.) after ἐλάσσων, πάσσων, θάσσων; besides the secondary μακρό- τατος, - τερος. -- Old denominative μηκύνω, Dor. μακύνω, rarely w. prefix, e.g. ἀπο-, ἐπι-, `lengten, stretch out' (Pi., IA.) with the rare a. late prosodic terms μήκ-υνσις (Sch.), - υσμός (Eust.) `lengthening', - υντικός `which can be lengthened' (A. D.). Further derivations, also rare a. late: μηκεδανός `long' (AP, Nonn.), for μακεδνός after ἠπεδανός a. o. (Risch $38, Specht Ursprung 199); μηκ-ικός `regarding the length' (Procl.), - όθεν `from afar' (Aesop., Paul. Aeg.), - ότης f. `length' (Gal.).

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [699] *meh₂ḱ-os, mh₂ḱros `long, length'.

Etymology: Over against μῆκος stands with short vowel Av. masah- n. `length, greatness'; thus against μήκιστος Av. masišta-, OP maθ išta- (like comp. masyå, pos. mas-). Also elsewhere we find short vowels, not only in inherited and with the s-stem alternating r-stem μακρός (s. v.), but also in Lat. maciēs `leanness', maceō `be lean' and in Hitt. mak-l-ant- `lean'. As full grade formation, however, μῆκος agrees with the great majority of old s-stems (s. e.g. Schwyzer 511 f.). -- WP. 2, 223- Pok. 699- W.-Hofmann s. macer ; on μήκιστος, μάσσων Schwyzer 538, Seiler Steigerungsformen 74ff. a. 21 f. So for μῆκος we posit * meh₂k-, but this does not explain Av. masah-, and μακρός only if mh₂ḱ-ro- would give μακρο-; cf. on μέτρον.

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Grammatical information: adj.

Meaning: `long, great, high' also `deep', `tall, far, lasting long' (Il.).

Compounds: Many compp., e.g. μακρό-βιος `with long life' (Hdt., Hp.), ἐπί-, ὑπό-, πρό-μακρος `rather long' (Hp.; Strömberg Prefix Studies 100).

Derivatives: μακρό-τερος (θ 20 = σ 195), - τατος (Ξ 288 a. 373); besides the primary μάσσων, μήκιστος, s. on μῆκος. Nominal abstracts: μάκρος n. `length' (Ar. Av. 1131; prob. accidental formation, cf. Chantraine Form. 417); μακρότης f. `id.' (hell.). Denomin. μακρύνω `lengthen, remove' (LXX, Hero) with μακρυσμός `long intermediate', μάκρυμμα n. `things thrown away' (LXX; v.l. μάκρυνσις).

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [699] *meh₂ḱ- `long, thin, tall'

Etymology: Old adj., also preserved in Latin and German.: Lat. macer `meager, thinn', Germ., e.g. OHG magar, OWNo. magr ' meager', IE *mh₂ḱrós. A parallel l-formation is found in Hitt. mak-l-ant- `meager'; cf. also μακεδνός. In the sense of `long, high' μακρός pushed out inherited δολιχός; vgl. Porzig Gliederung 111. S. μῆκος.

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