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longinquus
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Lewis Short
(adj.adv.) : longinquus, a, um, adj.longus
* Long, extensive.
* Lit., in space.
* In gen. (rare): linea,Plin. 9, 17, 26, § 59: aequora,Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 363: amnes,Tac. A. 1, 9.
* Transf., of time.
* Far removed, far off, remote, distant (class.): nos longinqui et a te ipso missi in ultimas gentes,Cic. Fam. 15, 9, 1: ex locis tam longinquis,id. Imp. Pomp. 16, 47: ab extero hoste atque longinquo,id. Cat. 2, 13, 29: longinqua Lacedaemon,id. Att. 15, 9, 1: nationes,Caes. B. G. 7, 77: cura,respecting things that are far off,Liv. 22, 23: longinquiores loci,Caes. B. G. 4, 27: vulnera, i. e. e longinquo accepta,Luc. 3, 568.—In neutr. absol.: ex (e) longinquo, from afar, from a distance: e longinquo intueri,Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 97; Tac. A. 1, 47; Sen. Ep. 22.—Plur.: longinqua imperii adire,the remote parts,Tac. A. 3, 34.
* Living far off, foreign, strange: homo longinquus et alienigena,Cic. Deiot. 3, 10: Clodius aequaliter in longinquos, in propinquos, in alienos, in suos irruebat,id. Mil. 28, 76: piscis,Ov. Ib. 150.
* In gen., long, of long duration or continuance, prolonged, lasting, continued, tedious (class.; cf.: diutinus, diuturnus): vita,Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 136: adfert vetustas omnibus in rebus longinqua observatione incredibilem scientiam,Cic. Div. 1, 49, 109: dolores,id. Fin. 2, 29, 94: oppugnatio,Caes. B. C. 3, 80: consuetudo,id. B. G. 1, 47: militia,Liv. 4, 18.—Comp.: longinquiore tempore bellum confecturum,Nep. Them. 4, 3.
* In partic.
* Long deferred, distant (rare): cum spe perrumpendi periculi, vel in longinquum tempus differendi,Cic. Part. Or. 32, 112: cum ... aut tempore longinqua aut praeceps periculo victoria esset,Liv. 9, 24, 2: spes longinqua et sera,Tac. A. 13, 37.—*
* Old, ancient: monumenta,Plin. 13, 12, 26, § 83.
* Remote, far-fetched: sunt et durae (translationes), id est a longinqua similitudine ductae, ut 'capitis nives,' etc.,Quint. 8, 6, 17.—Hence, adv., in three forms: lon-ginquē, longinquō, and longin-quom (only ante- and post - class.).
* A long way off, far away: longinque ab domo bellum gerentes, Enn. ap. Non. 515, 14 (Trag. v. 103, Vahl.).
* In time, long, a long while: odiosast oratio, quom rem agas, longinquom loqui,Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 25: servus longinquo absens,Dig. 30, 3; so ib. 3, 3, 44.—Comp.: longinquius diutiusque adesse,Gell. 1, 22, 12.
* After a long interval: historiam scripsere Pictor incondite, Sisenna longinque,Fronto Ep. ad Ver. 1 Mai.
* Long, extensive.
* Lit., in space.
* In gen. (rare): linea,Plin. 9, 17, 26, § 59: aequora,Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 363: amnes,Tac. A. 1, 9.
* Transf., of time.
* Far removed, far off, remote, distant (class.): nos longinqui et a te ipso missi in ultimas gentes,Cic. Fam. 15, 9, 1: ex locis tam longinquis,id. Imp. Pomp. 16, 47: ab extero hoste atque longinquo,id. Cat. 2, 13, 29: longinqua Lacedaemon,id. Att. 15, 9, 1: nationes,Caes. B. G. 7, 77: cura,respecting things that are far off,Liv. 22, 23: longinquiores loci,Caes. B. G. 4, 27: vulnera, i. e. e longinquo accepta,Luc. 3, 568.—In neutr. absol.: ex (e) longinquo, from afar, from a distance: e longinquo intueri,Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 97; Tac. A. 1, 47; Sen. Ep. 22.—Plur.: longinqua imperii adire,the remote parts,Tac. A. 3, 34.
* Living far off, foreign, strange: homo longinquus et alienigena,Cic. Deiot. 3, 10: Clodius aequaliter in longinquos, in propinquos, in alienos, in suos irruebat,id. Mil. 28, 76: piscis,Ov. Ib. 150.
* In gen., long, of long duration or continuance, prolonged, lasting, continued, tedious (class.; cf.: diutinus, diuturnus): vita,Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 136: adfert vetustas omnibus in rebus longinqua observatione incredibilem scientiam,Cic. Div. 1, 49, 109: dolores,id. Fin. 2, 29, 94: oppugnatio,Caes. B. C. 3, 80: consuetudo,id. B. G. 1, 47: militia,Liv. 4, 18.—Comp.: longinquiore tempore bellum confecturum,Nep. Them. 4, 3.
* In partic.
* Long deferred, distant (rare): cum spe perrumpendi periculi, vel in longinquum tempus differendi,Cic. Part. Or. 32, 112: cum ... aut tempore longinqua aut praeceps periculo victoria esset,Liv. 9, 24, 2: spes longinqua et sera,Tac. A. 13, 37.—*
* Old, ancient: monumenta,Plin. 13, 12, 26, § 83.
* Remote, far-fetched: sunt et durae (translationes), id est a longinqua similitudine ductae, ut 'capitis nives,' etc.,Quint. 8, 6, 17.—Hence, adv., in three forms: lon-ginquē, longinquō, and longin-quom (only ante- and post - class.).
* A long way off, far away: longinque ab domo bellum gerentes, Enn. ap. Non. 515, 14 (Trag. v. 103, Vahl.).
* In time, long, a long while: odiosast oratio, quom rem agas, longinquom loqui,Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 25: servus longinquo absens,Dig. 30, 3; so ib. 3, 3, 44.—Comp.: longinquius diutiusque adesse,Gell. 1, 22, 12.
* After a long interval: historiam scripsere Pictor incondite, Sisenna longinque,Fronto Ep. ad Ver. 1 Mai.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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