μακρό-βῐος,ον, (βίος)
A. long-lived, Hp.
Aër.
4 , Arist. Rh. 1361b33 , Apollod. 2.1.5 ; of plants, Thphr. HP 4.13.1 (henceμακρόβιον,τό, -ἀείζωον τὸ μικρόνprob. cj. in Ps.- Dsc. 4.89 ): Comp. -ώτερος
Str. 15.1.34 , Arr. Ind. 9.4 : Sup. -ώτατος
Hdt. 3.114 , Str. 15.1.43 ;Αἰθίοπες οἱ μ., of a halfmythical, perh. Abyssinian, people, Hdt. 3.23 , Orph. A. 1107 ;αἱM., nymphsat Rhodes, Hsch.
II. (βιός)with a long bow, gloss on ἄβιος , EM 3.23 .