(adjective) : dĭūturnus, a, um (diŭ-, Ov. F. 6, 352), diu
* Of long duration, lasting, long (class.; cf.: diutinus, longinquus): quid putet in rebus humanis diuturnum, qui cognoverit, quid sit aeternum?Cic. Rep. 1, 17; cf. gloria (opp. aeterna),id. ib. 6, 21; opp. extremum,id. de Sen. 19, 69: usus,id. Lael. 22 fin.: injuria,id. Fam. 6, 10, 5: bellum,id. de Imp. Pomp. 12 fin.: pax,id. Rep. 5, 2; id. Prov. Cons. 3: quies,Sall. C. 31: labor,Caes. B. C. 2, 45 fin.: obsidio,Ov. F. 6, 352: mala,id. Tr. 4, 6, 50 et saep.: status rei publicae,Cic. Rep. 2, 37; cf. res publica,id. ib. 1, 26; 2, 3: rex,id. ib. 2, 12: non potes esse diuturnus,i. e. your power,id. Phil. 2, 44, 113: dux,experienced, veteran,Amm. 16, 2, 2.—Comp.: equae,longerlived,Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 11; cf. filia,Ov. F. 6, 219; id. M. 3, 472: molestiae,of longer duration,Cic. Fam. 6, 13, 3: impunitas,Caes. B. G. 1, 14, 5: multa,Plin. 7, 55, 56, § 188.—Sup.: poenae diuturnissimae, Aug. Civ. Dei, 21, 23 init.—Adv.: diūturne, Cic. Fam. 6, 10, 5 Orell. (dub. al. diuturnam).—Comp.: diuturnius,longer,Sid. Ep. 2, 14; 9, 9.

s. TLL