ἐγχρον-ίζω,
to be long about a thing, delay, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.27; περὶ ὑποχόνδριον 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ διαίτης ὀξέων” 50; ἐγχρονίσας ] Refs 5th c.BC+]after long delay, [[ epigram Gr. 815.7; ἐ. πρὸς τὸν γάμον 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1411a19; εἰς καιρόν 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ παρρησίας” p.13 O.] Refs 4th c.BC+]; τινί in a thing, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 15.36.6; ἐν τόπῳ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 44.46 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]:—passive, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epistulae” 362a. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II become chronic, ἐγχρονίζει τὰ ἐμπυήματα [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “προγνωστικόν” 17; ἐγχρονίζον ἔθος 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.203 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; continue in, τῷ καταστήματι [[ 5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “Paraphrasis Ptolemaei Tetrabiblou” 51 ] Refs 5th c.AD+]:—passive, ἐγχρονισθὲν τὸ νόσημα [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 480b, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 586a18. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III active, with accusative person, waste a person's time, [[ 2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 150.10. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]