προμήκης

προμήκης, ες, (μῆκος)

• prolonged, elongated, βέλεα Hp. VC 11, cf. S. Ichn. 294; π. ἡ τῶν ὄφεων φύσις Arist. GA 718a20; σφῆκες -έστεροι τὴν μορφήν Id. HA 627b25, etc.; of Pericles, π. τὴν κεφαλήν Plu. Per. 3.
• • • 2 protruding, γλῶσσα Aret. SA 1.5.
  • II oblong, σχῆμα Pl. Tht. 148a; φύλλον προμηκέστερον ἀπίου Thphr. HP 3.10.1; of rightangled triangles, having the sides which contain the right angle unequal, Pl. Ti. 54a.
  • • 2 of numbers, made up of two unequal factors (as 8 = 2 x 4, 32 = 4 x 8), opp. τετράγωνος or ἰσόπλευρος, Id. Tht. l.c., D.L. 3.24; also of solid numbers, having not more than two out of three factors equal, Anon. in Tht. 42.45.