πολυχρόνιος
ον, Adv.
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 AP 5.254.14 (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. HA 29b32, al.: Comp. ‐ώτερος Pl. Phd. 87c, Arist. HA 613a25, Thphr. CP 5.18.4: Sup. ‐ώτατος, αἷμα Call. Del. 282, cf. Dam. Pr. 23.