prolonged, elongated,
προμήκης,ες, (μῆκος)
A. prolonged, elongated,
βέλεα
Hp. VC 11
, cf. S. Ichn. 294 ; π. ἡ τῶν ὄφεων φύσις
Arist. GA 718a20
; σφῆκες -έστεροι τὴν μορφήν
Id. HA 627b25
, etc.; of Pericles, π. τὴν κεφαλήν
Plu. Per. 3
.
2. protruding,
γλῶσσα
Aret. SA 1.5
.
II. oblong,
σχῆμα
Pl. Tht. 148a
; φύλλον προμηκέστερον ἀπίου
Thphr. HP 3.10.1
; of rightangled triangles,having the sides which contain the right angle unequal,
Pl. Ti. 54a .
2. of numbers,made up of two unequal factors(as 8
=
2 X 4 , 32
=
4 X 8 ), opp.τετράγωνοςorἰσόπλευρος,Id.Tht.l.c., D.L. 3.24 ; also of solid numbers,having not more than two out of three factors equal,
Anon. in Tht. 42.45 .
