longĭtūdo (noun F) : longus
* Length.
* Lit.: in hac immensitate latitudinum, longitudinum, altitudinum,Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 54: itineris,id. Phil. 9, 1, 2: pontis,Caes. B. G. 6, 29: longitudines et brevitates in sonis,Cic. Or. 51, 173: diffindere aliquid in longitudinem,lengthwise,id. Univ. 7: in longitudinem murum praeduxerant,Caes. B. G. 7, 46: longitudinis pedes,Quint. 1, 10, 42; 11, 3, 118; Plin. 16, 34, 62, § 150: Hispania ulterior in duas per longitudinem provincias dividitur,id. 3, 1, 2, § 6.
* Transf., of time, length, long duration (rare; cf.: longinquitas, diuturnitas): noctis,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 10, § 26: orationis,id. Part. 17, 59; cf. prooemii,Quint. 4, 1, 62: consulere in longitudinem,to look far ahead, take thought for the future,Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 10.

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