# μακρός
## Ancient Greek
### Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *makrós, from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós, from *meh₂ḱ- (“to increase”). By surface analysis, μῆκος (mêkos) +‎ -ρός (-rós). Cognates include Latin macer and Old English mæger.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ma.krós/ → /maˈkros/ → /maˈkros/
* (5th BCE Attic) IPA: /ma.krós/
* (1st CE Egyptian) IPA: /maˈkros/
* (4th CE Koine) IPA: /maˈkros/
* (10th CE Byzantine) IPA: /maˈkros/
* (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA: /maˈkros/

### Adjective

μᾰκρός • (măkrós) m (feminine μᾰκρᾱ́, neuter μᾰκρόν); first/second declension
* long
* tall, deep
* far, distant
* large
* (time) long
* (grammar, of vowels) long

#### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “long”): βραχύς (brakhús)

#### Derived terms

* μᾰκραίων (măkraíōn)
* μᾰκρᾱ́ν (măkrā́n)
* μᾰκραύχην (măkraúkhēn)
* μᾰκρηγορέω (măkrēgoréō)
* μᾰκρηγορίᾱ (măkrēgoríā)
* μᾰκρόβιος (măkróbios)
* μᾰκροβιότης (măkrobiótēs)
* μᾰκρογόγγυλος (măkrogóngulos)
* μάκροθεν (mákrothen)
* μᾰκροθῡμέω (măkrothūméō)
* μᾰκροθῡμίᾱ (măkrothūmíā)
* μᾰκρόθῡμος (măkróthūmos)
* μᾰκροκέφαλος (măkroképhalos)
* μᾰκρολογέω (măkrologéō)
* μᾰκρολογίᾱ (măkrologíā)
* μᾰκρολόγος (măkrológos)
* μᾰκρόουρος (măkróouros)
* μᾰκροτέρως (măkrotérōs)
* μᾰκρότης (măkrótēs)
* μᾰκρότονος (măkrótonos)
* μᾰκροτράχηλος (măkrotrákhēlos)
* μᾰκρύνω (măkrúnō)
* μάκρων (mákrōn)
* ὑπόμᾰκρος (hupómăkros)

#### Related terms

* μῆκος (mêkos, “length”)

#### Descendants

* English: macro-, macron (via μακρόν (makrón))
* Latin: macrochaeta

#### References

* ↑ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “μακρός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 895

### Further reading

* “μακρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “μακρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
* “μακρός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
* μακρός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
* Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
* μακρός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
* “μακρός”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
* G3117 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
* Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited. ample idem, page 28.big idem, page 78.capacious idem, page 111.circuitous idem, page 132.commodious idem, page 148.distant idem, page 240.extensive idem, page 296.far idem, page 306.great idem, page 372.lank idem, page 476.large idem, page 476.lengthy idem, page 485.lingering idem, page 493.livelong idem, page 496.long idem, page 498.long-winded idem, page 498.palatial idem, page 589.prolix idem, page 653.prolong idem, page 653.remote idem, page 694.roundabout idem, page 723.spacious idem, page 797.tedious idem, page 859.verbose idem, page 948.voluminous idem, page 956.windy idem, page 981.wordy idem, page 988.
* “μακρός”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011