A.of olden time, ancient, h.Merc. 125.
2. of long standing, τὴν πολυχρονίων (leg. -χρόνιον)“ Μαρμαριτῶν θρασύτητα” Sammelb.6026 (Cyrenaica, iii A.D.).
II. lasting for long, “νουσήματα” Hp.Aph.4.23, cf.7.6; “μουναρχίη” Hdt.1.55; “π. ἔχειν τὴν ζωήν” Arist.Long.464b25; “ἀρχαί” Id.Pol.1299a7 (Comp.); opp. αἰώνιος, Epicur.Sent.28; “βιότω τέρμα” long-protracted, Call.Lav. Pall.128; “πολιορκίαι” Onos.38.6; “πλέγμα” AP5.254.14 (Paul. Sil.): Comp., Hp.Fract.10, Pl.Ti.75b: Sup., “τὰ -ώτατα τῶν ἀνθρωπίνων” X.Mem.1.4.16. Adv. -ίως dub. l. in Hp.Ep.17.
2. long-lived, Arist.HA29b32, al.: Comp. “-ώτερος” Pl.Phd.87c, Arist.HA613a25, Thphr.CP5.18.4: Sup. “-ώτατος, αἷμα” Call.Del.282, cf. Dam.Pr. 23.