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(adj.adv.) : prō-lixus, a, um, adj.laxus
* Stretched far out, long, broad (syn.: latus, spatiosus).
* Lit. (not in Cic.): capillus passus prolixus,Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 49 Umpfenb. (Fleck. prolixe): comae,Ov. Tr. 4, 2, 34: barba,Verg. E. 8, 34 (Forbig. promissa): caudae (opp. breves),Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 3: villi,Col. 7, 3, 7: arbores,Varr. R. R. 1, 9, 5: ramus,Suet. Vesp. 5: cervix,Col. 7, 3, 7: statura,id. 1, 9, 3; cf.: prolixo corpore erat,Suet. Claud. 30: tunicae,Gell. 7, 12. —Comp.: arator prolixior,taller, stouter,Col. 1, 9, 3: prolixiora quaedam nascuntur,Varr. R. R. 1, 6, 4.
* Trop.
* In gen., long, extended (ante- and postclass.): prolixae aetatis homines,i. e. of great age,Dig. 50, 6, 5 fin.; cf.: prolixioris temporis spatium,ib. 49, 14, 45: non tam prolixo provolat ictu,far-reaching, distant,Lucr. 4, 1245: si cognitio prolixiorem tractatum habeat,Dig. 33, 1, 13.—Sup.: labor (with largus),Jul. Val. Rer. Gest. Alex. M. 1, 57 Mai.—Neutr. adverb.: prolixum ejulare,greatly, violently,App. M. 8, p. 205, 15.
* In partic.
* In speech, prolix (post-class.): cujus exemplum, ne sim prolixus, omisi,Macr. S. 3, 7 fin.
* Comprehensive in meaning (post-class.): existimo longe esse amplius, prolixius, fusius in significandā totius prope civitatis multitudine mortales quam homines dixisse,Gell. 13, 28, 3
* Of circumstances, favorable, fortunate (class.): rebus secundis atque prolixis atque prosperis, Cato ap. Gell. 7, 3, 14: cetera spero prolixa esse his duntaxat,Cic. Att. 1, 1, 2.
* Of disposition and conduct, well-disposed, obliging, courteous (Ciceron.): prolixa beneficaque natura,Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 8: animus libens et prolixus,id. Att. 16, 16, C, 4: Ariobarzanes in Pompeium prolixior,id. ib. 6, 3, 5.—Hence, adv.: prō-lixē, largely, abundantly, copiously (class.): capillus passus prolixe et circum caput Rejectus neglegenter,Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 49 Fleck. (Umpfenb. passus prolixus): prolixe cumulateque facere aliquid,Cic. Fl. 36, 89: prolixe et celeriter facere aliquid,id. Att. 16, 16, A, § 6: prolixe fuseque laudare,Gell. 5, 1, 2: promittere,Cic. Fam. 7, 5, 1: in quo (delectu) parum prolixe respondent Campani coloni,do not announce themselves in very great numbers,id. Att. 7, 14, 2: arbores prolixe foliatae,App. M. 4, p. 143, 15.— Comp.: largius prolixiusque fruere,Gell. 1, 22, 10: fabulari,id. 12, 1, 4: accipit hominem prolixius,Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 52: fovere aliquem,Suet. Tit. 7; cf.: et factus in agoniā, prolixius orabat,more earnestly,Vulg. Luc. 22, 44.
* Stretched far out, long, broad (syn.: latus, spatiosus).
* Lit. (not in Cic.): capillus passus prolixus,Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 49 Umpfenb. (Fleck. prolixe): comae,Ov. Tr. 4, 2, 34: barba,Verg. E. 8, 34 (Forbig. promissa): caudae (opp. breves),Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 3: villi,Col. 7, 3, 7: arbores,Varr. R. R. 1, 9, 5: ramus,Suet. Vesp. 5: cervix,Col. 7, 3, 7: statura,id. 1, 9, 3; cf.: prolixo corpore erat,Suet. Claud. 30: tunicae,Gell. 7, 12. —Comp.: arator prolixior,taller, stouter,Col. 1, 9, 3: prolixiora quaedam nascuntur,Varr. R. R. 1, 6, 4.
* Trop.
* In gen., long, extended (ante- and postclass.): prolixae aetatis homines,i. e. of great age,Dig. 50, 6, 5 fin.; cf.: prolixioris temporis spatium,ib. 49, 14, 45: non tam prolixo provolat ictu,far-reaching, distant,Lucr. 4, 1245: si cognitio prolixiorem tractatum habeat,Dig. 33, 1, 13.—Sup.: labor (with largus),Jul. Val. Rer. Gest. Alex. M. 1, 57 Mai.—Neutr. adverb.: prolixum ejulare,greatly, violently,App. M. 8, p. 205, 15.
* In partic.
* In speech, prolix (post-class.): cujus exemplum, ne sim prolixus, omisi,Macr. S. 3, 7 fin.
* Comprehensive in meaning (post-class.): existimo longe esse amplius, prolixius, fusius in significandā totius prope civitatis multitudine mortales quam homines dixisse,Gell. 13, 28, 3
* Of circumstances, favorable, fortunate (class.): rebus secundis atque prolixis atque prosperis, Cato ap. Gell. 7, 3, 14: cetera spero prolixa esse his duntaxat,Cic. Att. 1, 1, 2.
* Of disposition and conduct, well-disposed, obliging, courteous (Ciceron.): prolixa beneficaque natura,Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 8: animus libens et prolixus,id. Att. 16, 16, C, 4: Ariobarzanes in Pompeium prolixior,id. ib. 6, 3, 5.—Hence, adv.: prō-lixē, largely, abundantly, copiously (class.): capillus passus prolixe et circum caput Rejectus neglegenter,Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 49 Fleck. (Umpfenb. passus prolixus): prolixe cumulateque facere aliquid,Cic. Fl. 36, 89: prolixe et celeriter facere aliquid,id. Att. 16, 16, A, § 6: prolixe fuseque laudare,Gell. 5, 1, 2: promittere,Cic. Fam. 7, 5, 1: in quo (delectu) parum prolixe respondent Campani coloni,do not announce themselves in very great numbers,id. Att. 7, 14, 2: arbores prolixe foliatae,App. M. 4, p. 143, 15.— Comp.: largius prolixiusque fruere,Gell. 1, 22, 10: fabulari,id. 12, 1, 4: accipit hominem prolixius,Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 52: fovere aliquem,Suet. Tit. 7; cf.: et factus in agoniā, prolixius orabat,more earnestly,Vulg. Luc. 22, 44.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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