[*] 35. So the feminine adjective is often used adverbially for locality, distance, direction. Regularly in the case of “δημοσίᾳ, ἰδίᾳ, κοινῇ, πεζῇ”, for examples of which see the dictionaries. DEM. 4.23: “λῃστεύειν ἀνάγκη . . . τὴν πρώτην” 18.36: “τί οὖν συνέβη μετὰ ταῦτ᾽ εὐθύς, οὐκ εἰς μακράν;” Legg. 683 C: “μακρὰν ῾σξ. “ὁδόν”̣̓ ἂν ἔλθοιμι ἔγωγε” . Theaet. 200 A: “μακρὰν περιελθόντες” . XEN. An. 3.4.17: “ἱέντες μακράν” . Ibid. 7.8.20: “ὅπως ὅτι μακροτάτην ἔλθοι” . Hell. 4.5.8: “ἥκειν τὴν ταχίστην” . Mem. 3.6.10: “τὴν πρώτην” . THUC.6.98.3: “ἀποσκίδνασθαι μακροτέραν” . AR. R. 434: “μηδὲν μακρὰν ἀπέλθῃς” . EUR. Phoen.906: “οὐ μακρὰν ἄπεστι” .
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