μακρόβιος

μακρό-βῐος, ον, (βίος)

• long-lived, Hp. Aër. 4, Arist. Rh. 1361b33, Apollod. 2.1.5; of plants, Thphr. HP 4.13.1 (hence μακρόβιον, τό, - ἀείζωον τὸ μικρόν prob. cj. in Ps.-Dsc. 4.89): Comp. -ώτερος Str. 15.1.34, Arr. Ind. 9.4: Sup. -ώτατος Hdt. 3.114, Str. 15.1.43; Αἰθίοπες οἱ μ., of a halfmythical, perh. Abyssinian, people, Hdt. 3.23, Orph. A. 1107; αἱ M., nymphs at Rhodes, Hsch.
• • II (βιός) with a long bow, gloss on ἄβιος, EM 3.23.