πολυ-χρόνιος, ον,
of olden time, ancient, [[ hymnus ad Mercurium 125. ] Refs]
__2 of long standing, τὴν πολυχρονίων (to be read -χρόνιον) Μαρμαριτῶν θρασύτητα [[ “Sammelb.” 6026 (Cyrenaica, 3rd c.AD). ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__II lasting for long, νουσήματα [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 4.23, compare 7.6; μουναρχίη 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.55; π. ἔχειν τὴν ζωήν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Longaevitate” 464b25; ἀρχαί [prev. author] “Pol.” 1299a7 (_comparative_)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to αἰώνιος, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Sententiae” 28; βιότω τέρμα ] Refs 4th c.BC+]long-protracted, [[ Callias Epigrammaticus “Lav. Pall.” 128; πολιορκίαι 1st c.AD: Onosander (Onasander) Tacticus 38.6; πλέγμα “Anthologia Graeca” 5.254.14 (Paul. Sil.)] Refs 1st c.AD+]: comparative, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀγμῶν” 10, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 75b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: superlative, τὰ -ώτατα τῶν ἀνθρωπίνων [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.4.16. ] Refs 5th c.BC+] adverb -ίως uncertain reading in [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιστολαί” 17. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 long-lived, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 29b32, +others] Refs 4th c.BC+]: comparative -ώτερος[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 87c, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 613a25, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 5.18.4 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: superlative -ώτατος, αἷμα [[ 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Delum” 282, compare 5th-6th c.AD: Damascius Philosophus “de Principiis” 23. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]