A.to be long about a thing, delay, Th.3.27; “περὶ ὑποχόνδριον” Hp.Acut.50; “ἐγχρονίσας” after long delay, Epigr.Gr.815.7; “ἐ. πρὸς τὸν γάμον” Arist.Rh.1411a19; “εἰς καιρόν” Phld.Lib.p.13 O.; τινί in a thing, Plb.15.36.6; “ἐν τόπῳ” D.C.44.46:—Pass., Pl.Ep.362a.
II. become chronic, “ἐγχρονίζει τὰ ἐμπυήματα” Hp.Prog.17; “ἐγχρονίζον ἔθος” Ph.2.203; continue in, “τῷ καταστήματι” Procl.Par.Ptol.51:—Pass., “ἐγχρονισθὲν τὸ νόσημα” Pl.Grg.480b, cf. Arist.HA586a18.
III. Act., c. acc. pers., waste a person's time, Vett.Val.150.10.