ἐγχρονίζω

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. HA 586a18.

III. Act., c. acc. pers., waste a person's time, Vett.Val. 150.10.