μακράν

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• μακρήν (makrḗn) — Epic, Ionic

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ma.krǎːn/ → /maˈkran/ → /maˈkran/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ma.krǎːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /maˈkran/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /maˈkran/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /maˈkran/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /maˈkran/

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

μᾰκρᾱ́ν • (măkrā́n)

1. accusative feminine singular of μᾰκρός (măkrós)

Etymology 2

Adverbial accusative of μᾰκρός (măkrós, “long, far”).

Adverb

μᾰκρᾱ́ν • (măkrā́n) (comparative μᾰκροτέρᾱν, superlative μᾰκροτᾰ́την)

1. (distance) far
2. (time) long, for a long time

Further reading

• “μακράν”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “μακράν”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• μακράν in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• G3112 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • afar idem, page 15.
  • distantly idem, page 240.
  • far idem, page 306.
  • long idem, page 498.
  • remotely idem, page 694.
  • yonder idem, page 997.