longus

horae quibus exspectabam longae videbantur
the hours in which I was waiting seemed long naves longas aedificandas curavit
he had war ships built

longus , a, um: (adj.), long, 1.186, and freq.; extended, far-extending, 3.383; distant, 2.780; far-receding, deep, 1.159; in time, long, protracted, 2.109; long-continued, 4.463; many, 10.549; lingering, 8.488; abiding, lasting, 3.487; superl., very long, 1.641; ex longō, long, 9.64; (adv.), longum, for a long time, long, 10.740; a long distance.

longus, a, um, adj. [cf. λαγγάζω, λογγάζω], long.

• I Lit.
• • A In gen.: longo interjecto intervallo, Cic. Off. 1, 9, 30: longissima epistula, id. Att. 16, 11: Rhenus longo spatio citatus fertur, Caes. B. G. 4, 9: proficisci longissimo agmine, id. ib. 5, 31: stant longis annixi hastis, Verg. A. 9, 229: umbilicus septem pedes longus, Plin. 6, 34, 39, § 212: longa folia habet fere ad tres digitos, id. 27, 12, 86, § 110: ferrum autem tres longum habebat pedes, in length, Liv. 21, 8: scrobes faciemus tribus pedibus longas, Pall. 2, 10: longa navis, a war-ship, man-of-war, on account of its shape, Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 11, 326 (Ann. v. 468 Vahl.); Lentul. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 15, 5: longus versus, the heroic hexameter, Enn. ap. Cic. Leg. 2, 27, 68; Diom. p. 493 P.; Isid. Orig. 1, 38: longa atque insignis honorum pagina, Juv. 10, 57: sesquipede est quam tu longior, taller, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 58 (900): longus homo, i. q. longurio, a tall fellow, long-shanks, Cat. 67, 47; so, Maura, Juv. 10, 223: longa manus, a long, far-reaching, mighty hand: an nescis longas regibus esse manus, Ov. H. 17, 166; on the contrary: attulimus longas in freta vestra manus, unmutilated, uninjured, Prop. 3, 5, 14 (4, 6, 60).—
  • B In partic., far off, remote, distant, = longinquus (post-Aug. and very rare): remeans longis oris, Sil. 6, 628: longa a domo militia, Just. 18, 1: longas terras peragrare, Auct. Decl. Quint. 320.—
  • C Great, vast, spacious (poet.): pontus, Hor. C. 3, 3, 37; 3, 27, 43: Olympus, Verg. G. 3, 223: classemque ex aethere longo prospexit, id. A. 7, 288: caelum, Ov. M. 6, 64.—
• II Transf., of time, long, of long duration or continuance, tedious: in tam longa aetate, Cic. de Sen. 19, 66: vita longior, id. Tusc. 1, 39, 94: horae quibus exspectabam longae videbantur, id. Att. 12, 5, 4: uno die longior mensis, id. Verr. 2, 2, 52, § 129: longa interjecta mora, Caes. B. C. 3, 69: post longum tempus, Sen. Contr. 7, 17, 2; 9, 28, 12: per longum tempus, Suet. Ner. 57: vita, Liv. 2, 40, 6; 9, 17, 6: spatium (sc. temporis), id. 9, 18, 10: error, protracted, id. 5, 33: caedes, id. 6, 8, 7: longi aliorum principatus, Tac. H. 2, 55: longae pacis mala, Juv. 6, 292: bellum, Quint. 3, 8, 56: memoriam nostri longam efficere, Sall. C. 1, 3: morbus, Liv. 27, 23, 6; Cels. 3, 1, 1: longo tempore, after a long interval, Verg. A. 3, 309; cf.: longo post tempore, id. E. 1, 29: longa dies, length of days, a long life, Juv. 10, 265: longa syllaba, Cic. de Or. 3, 47, 183: littera, id. Or. 48, 159: syllabae, Quint. 9, 4, 36: vocalis, id. 9, 4, 85: longae pretium virtutis, Luc. 2, 258: longa Lethe, id. 6, 769: in rebus apertissimis nimis longi sumus; Cic. Fin. 2, 27, 85: exordium nimis longum, Auct. Her. 1, 7, 11: longior quam oportet sermo, Quint. 8, 3, 53: nulla de morte hominis cunctatio longa est, Juv. 6, 221: quantis longa senectus plena malis, id. 10, 190; 14, 251.—Hence: longum est, it would take long, it would be tedious, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 60, § 156: longum est ea dicere, sed hoc breve dicam, id. Sest. 5, 12: experire; non est longum, id. Phil. 3, 2, 10: arcessere tormenta longum videbatur, Tac. H. 3, 71. —Ellipt., without inf., Cic. N. D. 1, 8, 19: ne longum sit, ne longum faciam, not to be tedious, to speak briefly: ac, ne longum sit, Quirites, tabellas proferri jussimus, id. Cat. 3, 5, 10: ac ne longum fiat, videte, id. Leg. 2, 10, 24: ne longum faciam: dum tu quadrante lavatum Rex ibis, Hor. S. 1, 3, 137: longius facere, to defer or put off any longer: nihil opus est exemplis id facere longius, Cic. Fin. 5, 6, 16; id. Leg. 1, 7, 22: nihil est mihi longius, nothing makes time seem longer to me than, i. e. I am full of impatience, can hardly wait for: respondit, nihil sibi longius fuisse, quam ut me viderit, id. Fam. 11, 27, 1; id. Verr. 2, 4, 18, § 39; but: nec mihi longius quicquam est quam videre hominum voltus, nothing is more tedious, id. Rab. Post. 12, 35: in longum, long, for a long time: nec in longum dilata res, Liv. 5, 16: in longum dilata conclusio, drawn out tediously, Quint. 8, 2, 22: causando nostros in longum ducis amores, Verg. E. 9, 56: otium ejus rei haud in longum paravit, Tac. A. 3, 27; 11, 20: in longum sufficere, id. H. 4, 22: odia in longum jaciens, id. A. 1, 69: nec in longius consultans, id. H. 2, 95: per longum, for a long time: per longum celata fames, Sil. 2, 465: ex longo, for a long time back: collecta fatigat edendi Ex longo rabies, Verg. A. 9, 64: longa spes, that looks far ahead, reaching far into futurity: vitae summa brevis spem nos vetat inchoare longam, Hor. C. 1, 4, 15; Stat. Th. 1, 322.—Of persons, prolix, tedious: nolo esse longus, Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 101: in verbis nimius et compositione nonnumquam longior, Quint. 10, 1, 118: (testis) longus protrahi potest, id. 5, 7, 26: longus spe ( = tardus et difficilis ad sperandum), slow to hope, Hor. A. P. 172.— Hence, adv., in three forms.
• • A Form longē, long, in length.
  • • 1 Lit., a long way off, far, far off, at a distance, Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 95 (1032): ab eo oppido non longe fanum est Junonis, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 46, § 103: longe absum, audio sero, id. Fam. 2, 7, 1: quam longe est hinc in saltum Gallicanum, id. Quint. 25, 79: longe mihi obviam processerunt, id. Verr. 2, 2, 27, § 65: longe lateque collucere, in length and breadth, i. e. far and wide, everywhere, id. N. D. 2, 15, 40: Di vim suam longe lateque diffundunt, id. Div. 1, 36, 79: longe gradi, to take long steps, Verg. A. 10, 572: Vercingetorix locum castris delegit ab Avarico longe millia passuum XVI., Caes. B. G. 7, 16: Rhenum non longe a mari transire, id. ib. 4, 1, 1: tu autem abes longe gentium, Cic. Att. 6, 3, 1; cf. id. Fam. 12, 22, 2.—Comp.: fontes longius a praesidiis aberant, Caes. B. C. 3, 49, 5: longius non discedam, Cic. Fam. 14, 2 fin.: longius meare, Col. 9, 8, 9.—
    • 2 Trop.
    • • a Of time, long, for a long period (but, acc. to some, not in positive; and the foll. passages are to be understood locally; v. Forbig. ad Verg. A. 5, 406; 10, 317): longe prospicere futuros casus, Cic. Lael. 12, 40: stupet Dares, longeque recusat, Verg. A. 5, 406: nec longe, id. ib. 10, 317: quae venientia longe ante videris, Cic. Tusc. 3, 14, 29.—Comp.: Varro vitam Naevii producit longius, Cic. Brut. 15, 60: paulo longius tolerare, Caes. B. G. 7, 71, 4: longius anno remanere, id. ib. 4, 1, 7; Nep. Att. 2, 4; Sall. C. 29, 1.—Sup.: quamdudum in portum venis huc? Ep. Longissime, Plaut. Stich. 4, 1, 24 (528): quid longissime meministi in patria tua, id. Men. 5, 9, 52 (1111): quoad longissime potest mens mea respicere, Cic. Arch. 1, 1.—
      • b Of speech, long, at length, diffusely: haec dixi longius quam instituta ratio postulabat, Cic. Or. 48, 162: longius aliquid circumducere, Quint. 10, 2, 17.—
      • c Longe esse, abesse.
      • • α To be far away, i. e. to be of no assistance, of no avail: longe iis fraternum nomen populi Romani afuturum, Caes. B. G. 1, 36: longe illi dea mater erit, Verg. A. 12, 52: quam tibi nunc longe regnum dotale Creusae, Ov. H. 12, 53: longe conjugia, ac longe Tyrios hymenaeos Inter Dardanias acies fore, Sil. 17, 80; Petr. 58.—
        • β Longe esse ab aliqua re, to be far from, i. e. destitute of a thing: ut ab eloquentia longissime fuerint, Quint. 8, prooem. § 3.—
      • d Widely, greatly, much, very much, by far; esp. with sup. and (poet. and post-Aug. = multo) comp.: errat longe, Ter. Ad. 65: longe ante videre, Cic. Tusc. 3, 14; Liv. 1, 19, 12: longe melior, Verg. A. 9, 556: minor, Liv. 24, 28, 5: longe acrius, Tac. A. 4, 40: praestantior, Curt. 10, 3, 10; Suet. Calig. 5; Quint. 10, 1, 67: tumultuosior, Vell. 2, 74: proelium longe magis prosperum, id. 2, 51: longe omnium longissima est, Plaut. Most. 3, 3, 8 (911): longe nobilissimus, Caes. B. G. 1, 2: longe doctissimus, Hor. S. 1, 5, 3: longe plurimum ingenio valuisse videtur, Cic. Brut. 14, 35: longe princeps, id. Fam. 13, 13: longe praestare, id. Brut. 64, 230: ceteris antecellere, id. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 118: anteponere alicui rei aliquid, id. de Or. 1, 21, 98: dissentire, id. Lael. 9, 32 init.: quod longe secus est, id. ib. 9, 29 fin.: longe aliter se habet ac, id. Ac. 2 (Luc.), 31, 101: longe dissimilis contentio, id. Sull. 17, 49: longe ante alias specie insignis, Liv. 1, 9: sciunt longe aliud esse virgines rapere, aliud pugnare cum viris, id. 1, 12, 8: longe mihi alia mens est, Sall. C. 52, 2: a quo mea longissime ratio ... abhorrebat, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 4, § 10: longissime diversa ratio est, id. Phil. 5, 18, 49: (istae facultates) longe sunt diversae, id. de Or. 1, 49, 215: longe omnes multumque superare, id. Verr. 2, 5, 44, § 115: longe et multum antecellere, id. Mur. 13, 29.—Repeated: plurimum et longe longeque plurimum tribuere honestati, Cic. Fin. 2, 21, 68: sed longe cunctis longeque potentior illa, Ov. M. 4, 325; so Gell. 14, 1.—
      • e In post-class. Lat. = valde: longe gravis, Stat. Th. 10, 140: longe opulentus, Ap. Met. 1, 21, 14; par studiis aevique modis sed robore longe (sc. impar), far from equal, Stat. Ach. 1, 176.—*
  • B Form longĭter, far: non, ut opinor, id a leto jam longiter errat, Lucr. 3, 676.—
  • C Form longum, long, a long while (poet.): nimis longum loquor, Plaut. Ep. 3, 2, 40 (376): nimis diu et longum loquor, id. Ps. 2, 3, 21 (687): nec longum laetabere, Verg. A. 10, 740; Ov. M. 5, 65: clamare, Hor. A. P. 459; Juv. 6, 65; Stat. Th. 7, 300; 10, 467.

longus, a, um (vgl. gotisch laggs, ahd. usw. lang), lang (Ggstz. brevis), I) eig.: 1) im allg.: a) v. Lebl.: spatium, Caes.: via, Verg.: epistula longa, Plin. ep., longior, Ov., longissima, Cic.: agmen longissimum, Caes.: navis, langes Schiff, Kriegsschiff, Liv.: longus versus = Hexameter, Enn. fr. – m. Acc. auf die Frage wie lang? cubitum longae litterae, ellenlange B., Plaut.: ratis longa pedes centum, Liv.: umbilicus septem pedes longus, Plin.: od. m. dem Genet. od. Abl., longus pedum sex, Colum.: longus sesquipede, Plin.: machina longa pedibus decem, Veget. mil.: mit in u. Akk., sulcus in quattuor pedes longus, Colum. – neutr. subst., quattuor pedes in longo, in der Länge, Plin.: sonus (lusciniae) nunc continuo spiritu trahitur in longum (wird in die Länge gedehnt, wird gedehnt), nunc etc., Plin.: quadraginta duos pedes in latum et mille passus in longum, Veget. mil.: basilicam Alexandrinam instituerat inter campum Martium et saepta Agrippina in lato (in der Breite) pedum centum, in longo (in der Länge) pedum mille, Lampr. – neutr. pl. subst., longa, das Lange (Ggstz. minuta), Calp. ecl. 5, 70. – übtr., an nescis longas regibus esse manus, lange (weitreichende, mächtige) Arme, Ov. her. 16 (17), 166; dagegen attulimus longas in freta vestra manus, unverstümmelte, unbeschädigte, Prop. 3, 7, 60. – b) v. Pers.: valens an imbecillus; longus an brevis, Cic.: homo Cappadox, longus, audaculus, Petron.: longus homo est, ein langer Kerl, eine Hopfenstange, Catull.: quā facie est homo? Sy. sesquipede est quam tu longior, Plaut.: longior Fido Annaeo, Sen.: qui mendacio staturam adiuvant longioresque quam sunt videri volunt, Sen. – 2) insbes.: a) (= longinquus) weit entfernt, weit, entlegen, orae, Sil.: longa a domo militia, Iustin. – b) poet., weit = sich weit u. breit erstreckend, pontus, Hor.: fluctus, Hor.: freta, Ov. – II) übtr., v. der Zeit: 1) im allg., lang, lange dauernd, langwierig, vita longa u. longior, Liv.: tam longa aetas, Cic.: mora, Cic.: tempus, Cic., Liv. u.a.; hora, Cic.: dies, Plin. (vgl. numquam dies tibi longi erunt, sed breves videbuntur, Hieron. epist. 130, 15): u. longa aetas od. longa dies, die Länge der Zeit, der Verlauf der Zeit, Hor. u. Tibull.: mensis uno die longior, Cic.: longo tempore, in, seit l. Zeit, Ov.: post longum tempus, Sen. rhet.: per longum tempus, Suet.: Solonem Atheniensem non longis temporibus ante, Cic.: morbus, chronische Krankheit (Ggstz. acutus), Liv. u. Cels.: caedes, Liv.: error, langjähriger, Liv.: societas, oratio, Liv.: longi anni, langes (hohes) Alter, Verg.: longius fuit certamen, Liv. – m. Acc., mensis intercalarius XLV dies longus, Cic. – neutr. subst., in longum, auf lange (für lange) Zeit, ducere amores, Verg.: parare, Tac.: sufficere, Tac. – per longum, lange Zeit hindurch, Sil. – post longum, Ov. – ex longo, seit langem, Verg. – poet., longum adv., lange, lange Zeit, Verg., Hor. u.a. Dichter; u. Plur., longa tueri, Stat. – non longius faciam, ich will es nicht länger aufhalten, Cic.: ne longum fiat, Cic.: od. ne longum faciam, um nicht weitläufig zu werden, um es kurz zu sagen, Hor. – nec mihi longius quicquam est quam videre hominum vultus, nichts ist mir langweiliger, als usw., Cic. Rab. Post. 35: dagegen non longius mihi est od. videtur, quam ut etc. od. quam dum etc., mir ist nichts langwieriger = ich kann es nicht erwarten, daß ich od. bis daß ich usw., Cic. ep. 11, 27, 1. Cic. Verr. 4, 39. Lucil. 156. – longum est (es würde zu lange dauern) illum me exspectare dum exeat, Ter. Andr. 977: quando mortem senis exspectare longum censent, es zu lange finden, Liv. 39, 51, 9. – longum est (es wäre zu weitläufig) persequi ceteros, Cic.: u. so quos persequi longum est, Quint.: quam improbe fecerit longum est dicere, Cic.: longum est ea dicere, sed hoc breve dicam, Cic.: longum est, si tibi narrem etc., Ter.: dicere longa mora est, ist zu langwierig, langweilig, Ov. – von Pers., nolo esse longus will nicht weitläufig sein, Cic.: u. so cum nimis longus esse nolim, Cic.: sed elatus studio vereor, ne longior fuerim, Cic.: m. in u. Abl., ne longum me in enumerando putetis, Cic. – 2) insbes.: a) v. der Silbenmessung, lang (Ggstz. brevis), syllaba, Cic.: subst., longa, eine Länge = eine lange Silbe (Ggstz. brevis), Cic. u. Quint. (vgl. brevis no. I, B, 2, b, α). – b) in die Länge hinausgeschoben, weit aussehend, spes, Hor.: spes auxiliorum, Sall. – poet. übtr., v. Pers., longus spe, der mit seinen Hoffnungen weit hinausgeht, noch lange zu leben hofft, Hor. de art. poët. 172.

longus [CL] 1 having (great) linear extent, long: a (var.); b (of parts of human body; also in fig. context; cf. 4a infra); c (of journey, road, or sim.); d (of distance, extent); e (of series, succession). a spicula ‥ longis exempta faretris Aldh. VirgV 2276; murus ‥ ingens, / qui ‥ sic visus longus et altus, / nullus ut extenso videretur terminus illi Alcuin SS Ebor 960; omnis trianguli ~ius latus majori angulo oppositum est Adel. Elem. I 18; in rotulo ‥ ~issimo omnium fratrum ‥ nomina scribuntur Ord. Vit. III 7 p. 100; mustela, mus †longua [MS: ~us] Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 362; 1232 juxta ~am moram (v. furlonga 2); tradidit terram suam cum ‥ una ~a selione Cart. Chester 401 p. 254; nunc curtis, nunc ~is, nunc largis utuntur vestibus Itin. Mand. 76; 1465 iiij scale ~iores; item ij scale breviores Ac. Durh. 243.  b naso ~o Lib. Monstr. I 20; penitentes ‥ ~as ‥ barbas gestabant Ord. Vit. VIII 10 p. 325; tanti regis validas manus et ~a brachia metuens Ib. IX 15 p. 598; sic episcopus quasi ~a manu bona aliena diripit P. Blois Ep. 25. 89B.  c sacerdotes ‥ / Bacchantum ritu longis anfractibus errant Aldh. VirgV 1521; jussit eum Theodorus, ubicumque ~ius iter instaret, equitare Bede HE IV 3 p. 206; propter ~ae viae periculosam difficultatem Anselm (Ep. 110) III 243; sed te tenet diei brevitas, / iter lungum et tua gravitas Hil. Ronce. 6. 34; per ~a lutosaque itinera Ord. Vit. XII 32 p. 435.  d c597 ~o intervallo (v. disjungere 3a); ~a locorum intercapidine Aldh. Met. 4 p. 75; sinus maris ‥ qui ab occidente in terras ~o spatio erumpit Bede HE I 1 p. 13; 966 peregrini ordinati ~o terrarum spatio venientes CS 1190 p. 461; c1101 ~um et periculosum intervallum maris et regnorum Anselm (Ep. 214) IV 112.  e ~a nepotum genealogia Gosc. Transl. Aug. 35C (v. genealogica 3a). 2 (in var. combinations; v. et. carretta 2a, ferrum 12b): a (navis ~a) warship. b (plaustrum ~um) long wagon. c (piper ~um) long pepper, (powder prepared from) fruit spikes of Piper officinarum. d (eccl., venia ~a) full prostration (cf. 2 curtus 1f). a grex catularum ‥ tribus, ut lingua ejus exprimitur, cyulis, nostra ~is navibus ‥ evectus ‥ Gildas EB 23 (cf. Bede HE I 15 p. 30: Saxonum gens ‥ Brittaniam tribus ~is navibus advehitur; W. Malm. GR I 5); dromo, ~a navis Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 174; 1204 rex ‥ custodibus ~arum navium et portuum maris Anglie salutem Pat I 44a.  b 1389 ij plaustra ~a, j carecta ~a ‥, j plaustrum fimale Comp. Worc. II 5; 1439 in j plaustro ~o, ij rotis ‥ Ac. Durh. 71; 1464 ij plaustra ~a cum rotis ferro ligatis (Invent.) Feod. Durh. 186.  c piperis lon[gi] Gilb. IV 174. 1; pulveres subscriptarum specierum ‥ viz. zinziberi ‥, pistacis, piperis ~i Pop. Med. 240; c1305 de pipere ~o ciij lib. et dim. KR Ac 370/27 m. 3; est piper ~um et dicitur macropiper Alph. 145; piper ~um, A. longpiper WW.  d dominicis diebus ‥ in quibus nec ~a nec curta venia in oratorio a fratribus sumi solet Cust. Westm. 208; doceantur facere inclinacionem, ~am veniam et curtam veniam Cust. Cant. 5; ut ‥ in parva vel ~a venia se prosterneret G. S. Alb. III 464. 3 (w. measurement) having a length (of ‥), (‥) long (cf. 6a, c infra). [Brittania] per milia passuum DCCC in boream ~a latitudinis habet milia CC Bede HE I 1 p. 9; tigna sex et viginti pedes ~a W. Malm. GR IV 324; sunt ‥ sete ‥ palmo et plus ~e Ib. V 409; virgam ‥ ~am amplius cubito Alph. 102; 1397 (v. fadmus). 4 having (great) vertical extension, tall: a (of person, or person’s stature; also as sb. m.); b (of tree, plant). a vir ~ae staturae Bede HE II 16 p. 117; cur vix invenitur ~us sapiens ‥? Quaest. Salern. P 33; colerici ‥ solent esse ‥ in corpore ~i Bart. Angl. IV 10.  b nebulam ingentem veluti ~issimam quercum Ord. Vit. VIII 17 p. 372; feniculata, herba ~a, gracilis SB 21. 5 a (as surname); b (as element in surname); c (in place-name). a isti sunt liberi homines R. Bigoti: ‥ Colemanus, et Godricus ~us ‥ (Suff) DB II 339b; 1188 Willelmus ~us Pipe 27 (Surrey) ; 1279 Margeria ~a CourtR A. Stratton 30; 1283 filius Willelmi ~i Ib. 162 (cf. ib. 163: 1284 Willelmi le long).  b Rogerus Lungus Ensis (Norf) DB II 198; Willelmum cognomento Longam Spatam Ord. Vit. III 1 p. 7; 1189 Willelmo de ~o Campo [W. de Longchamp], cancellario nostro Cart. Osney IV 38; s1214 Willielmum ~um Ensem [Longespée], fratrem regis Anglie Ann. Cambr. 70 (cf. M. Par. Maj. III 3: s1216 comes Saresberiensis, W. scilicet ~a Spata); 1230 pro Thoma de ~a Villa Pipe 145; 1261 Willelmus de ~is Vallibus Cl 495.  c a1153 terram de ~o Campo que in orailla foreste est de Roummare [Forêt de Roumare, Seine-Maritime] Act. Hen. II I 46; grangiam quandam ‥ ~um Vadum nomine [Longuay, Haute-Marne] Mem. Fount. I 52; illas duas acras ‥ que abutant super brueram et vocantur ~e Acre Ch. Westm. 472; 1258 persone ecclesie de ~o Ponte Deverell’ [Longbridge Deverill, Wilts] Cl 231; 1260 infra forestam regis de ~a Foresta [Long Forest, Salop] Cl 75. 6 (as sb. n., in local senses): a linear extent, length (also as dependent gen. after measurement). b (in ~um (~o), per ~um, de ~o, secundum ~um) in (respect of) length, lengthwise, along (cf. e infra). c (in ~um (~o) w. measurement) in length. d (in ~um et in latum, or sim.) in (respect of), or in the direction of, length and breadth, ? the (whole) length and breadth. e (in ~um, per ~um, a ~o, w. gen., de, or acc.) along. f (de ~o in ~um, ~o ad ~um) along (its) whole length, (w. gen.) along the whole length (of) (cf. OF: de lonc en lonc). a hae ij villae habent j leugam lati et j ~i DB I 298rb; ecce crucis longum, latum, sublime, profundum Garl. Tri. Eccl. 46 (cf. Eph. iii 18); Bacon Tert. 154 (v. dimensio b).  b a776 ((? 11c)) sic in ~um usque ad thorn brycge CS 219; iiij acras terre ‥ in sarto suo in ~um juxta divisam de A. Danelaw 80; s1178 [luna] a cornu usque in cornu scilicet per ~um seminigra facta est Gerv. Cant. Chr. 276; terram ‥ que se extendit in ~um a parva cruce ‥ usque ad antiquum rivulum Dryburgh 54 (cf. ib.: in latum); 1235 de ~o (v. 1 campus 5a); et sic directa in ~o ultra campum usque B. Reg. Malm. II 205; axis ‥ in ~um findebatur Meaux III 193; arma partita secundum ~um ‥, A. ‥ armys party in lengthe Bad. Aur. 179.  c Brittannia insula ‥, octingentorum in ~o [vv. ll. ~um, longitudine(m)] milium, ducentorum in lato [vv. ll. latum, latitudine(m)] spatium [sim.G. Mon. I 2Gir. TH I 2: in ~um ‥ in latum)] Gildas EB 3; curtinae ‥ xxviij cubitis in ~um protenduntur Aldh. Met. 2 p. 64; est una leugata terrae in longo et dim’ in lat’ DB II 118b; Danelaw 121 (v. 2 latus 5d).  d pontifex vadat de ipso altare spargendo per medium aecclesiae in ~um et in latum Egb. Pont. 38; liquor infusus vasi expandit se in ~um et in latum ita quod pars ejus continetur in parte loci et totus in toto Kilwardby SP f. 32va (cf. (v. longitudo 1a)); Mir. Montf. 105 (v. 2 latus 5d).  e 778 ((? 10c)) [bounds] in affricum vergens in ~um illius septi ‥ et sic in ~um illius spineti [etc.] CS 225; inde in ripam, et ita in ~um cursus aque usque ad fossatum W. Malm. Glast. 72; de Y. in ~um de Abbedisdich descendendo usque ad L. J. Glast. 3; 13‥ sic per ~um foveas quousque perveniatur ad H., ab illo loco per ~um paludis [etc.; cf. CS 1000, transl. of AS bounds: andlang dices ‥ andlang mærces] Lib. Hyda 169 (cf. ib. 172 (= CS 988): a ~o illorum decursuum ‥ per ~um illius fovee [AS: andlang streames ‥ andlang dic]).  f 1230 stokingum quod extendit se in longitudine a campo ‥ versus austrum de ~o in ~um secus viam bigarum usque ad campum CurR XIV 1046; 1255 R. de W. fecit purpresturam ‥ in bosco de S. de ~o in ~um unius fossate Hund. I 32b (cf. ib.: de ~o in ~um unius haye); campum ‥ qui jacet ~o ad ~um juxta feodum de Gloucestre Reg. S. Aug. I 102. 7 (of speech, writing, or sim.) long, lengthy. b (as sb. m.) long verse (i. e. hexameter). c (as sb. n.) long writing (in quot., coined as opp. of breve). d (~um facere) to speak or write at length. e (in ~um) to a great length. f (in ~um, ad ~um) at length, in detail, in full. 671 ars ‥ profunda, quae ~a explanandarum rerum ratione indiget Aldh. Ep. 1 p. 477; praecepit eum sententias ~iores dicere Bede HE V 2 p. 284; a1078 utinam [orationes] ita sint ~ae ut ‥ compunctio ‥ contritionis ‥ in eis ‥ inveniatur Anselm (Ep. 28) III 136; venia tam ~arum digressionum W. Malm. GR V prol. p. 466; ~is ‥ verborum ambagibus Ord. Vit. X 20 p. 125; litteras nunc ~iores habeatis Gir. SD 152.  b hexametros ‥ apud Latinos primum fecisse Ennius traditur, eosque ~os vocant [cf. Isid. Eytm. I 39. 6] Bonif. Met. 111.  c 1236 per breve meum, quod ‥ non est breve sed ~um Gros. Ep. 24 (cf. ib.: derisorie vocas illud [sc. breve] ~um meum).  d ne ~um faciam singillatim enumeratis provinciis W. Malm. GR II 165 p. 188.  e collocutio nostra, quae in ~um processit, jam claudenda est Bede Cant. 1220; quoniam in ~um protraximus sermonem Ailr. Serm. 31. 32.  f eam [sc. scripturam] transcribendo in ~um Anselm (Mon. prol.) I 8; 1444 sicut ‥ harum [sc. literarum] lator vobis dicet plus ad ~um sive magis plane Lit. Cant. III 190; qui amplius de hac materia scire desiderant [v. l. desiderat], ad legendam ‥ principis ‥ transeat, ubi ad ~um reperiet Plusc. IX 26. 8 (~um est, videtur, or sim., usu. w. inf. or cl. as subj.) it is (seems etc.) too long, tedious (usu. w. ref. to narration, enumeration or sim.; also w. nimis). Aldh. Met. 10 p. 95 (v. extremitas 1d); totum ponere et horrori et nimis ~um est Bede Cant. 1069; nomina ‥ quorum ‥ scribi / longius est visum quam plectri postulet usus Alcuin SS Ebor 1561; quae [sc. dona] hoc in loco percensere ~um est, ne fastidium legentibus procreent Asser Alf. 81; omnia versifico longum exhantlare relatu Frith. 767; ~um est nimis ‥ commemorare singula Anselm (Or. 15) III 62; 1104 si nimis ~um non esset, exempla plura proferri possent Ib. (Ep. 332) V 268; ~um est, si velim explicare omnia ejus certamina W. Malm. GR IV 382; P. Cornw. Rev. I 205 p. 201 (v. fastidiosus 2). 9 a (of time, period, life, etc.) long. b (of action, process, condition, or sim.) long, long-lasting, protracted. c (of person) long-lived (in quot., compar.). d (as sb. n.; ~um temporis) long period of time. e (in ~um (~o)) for a long time, to a great length (of time). a quia ~o tempore se abstinuerit Theod. Pen. I 1. 4; mundi longa vetustas Aldh. VirgV 2875; ~a consumtus aetate Bede HE V 23 p. 349; ~a vita Anselm (Mon. 69) I 79; dicitur ‥ dies ~issima in climate septimo xvj horas habere Bacon VI 46.  b sopor et somnus jejunia longa tulerunt Aldh. Aen. 47 (Hirundo) 2; intimo ex corde ~a trahens suspiria Bede HE II 1 p. 80; post ~os amplius quadraginta annorum labores Hwætberht Ep.; taedet me tam ~ae vestrae dilationis Anselm (Ep. 75) III 197; Anglos ‥ ~a pace ignaviores W. Malm. GR I 52; quam brevis est voluptas mundi et quam ~a pena eterna T. Chobham Praed. 216.  c 1278 ipse Willelmus ex ictu illo non fuit ~ior vita sua nec morti sue propinquior ICrim 18/30.  d revertuntur ‥ Hiberni domos, post non ~um temporis reversuri Gildas EB 21 (cf. Bede HE I 14: post non ~um tempus).  e rex ‥ tranquillitati ejus [sc. Normanniae] in ~um prospiciebat Ord. Vit. IV 3 p. 177; quod factum ‥ [Deus] non in ~um passus est inultum manere Ib. VI 9 p. 71; [Dominus] morulas ejus [sc. lucis] in longo protendit J. Howd. Cant. 3. 10 (mus.): a (of note or rest, or time occupied by them) long, having long duration or the duration of a long (c infra). b (of manner of performance) long, extended. c (as sb. f.) a long, note equal in duration to two breves in imperfect mode or three breves in perfect mode, or character representing such note. a si multitudo brevium fuerit in aliquo loco, quanto brevis plus appropinquatur fini, tanto debet ~ior proferri Garl. Mus. Mens. 1. 31; cum pausatione ~a et brevi Ib. 5. 3; cum ~a pausatione duorum temporum Mens. & Disc. (Anon. IV) 25; omnia puncta imparia primi modi sunt ~a Ib. 74; mensurabilis musica est cantus ~is brevibusque temporibus mensuratus (Franco) Hauboys 182.  b triplici ‥ more longe, semilonge breves et semibreves in voce proferuntur, sc. more ~o, [more] mediocri et more lascivo: more vero ~o semibreves, quotquot sunt, cum longis, semilongis et brevibus proferri et describi possunt Haudlo 104 (cf. ib. p. 23); ~o et flebili modo W. Say Lib. Reg. Cap. 59 (v. flebilis 2).  c recta ~a appellatur illa que continet duas rectas breves tantum Garl. Mus. Mens. 1. 19; ~arum triplex est modus, quia quedam dicitur recta ~a, quedam duplex ~a, quedam plica ~a Ib. 2. 11; ~a simplex continet duo tempora Mens. & Disc. (Anon. IV) 23; ~a ‥ perfecta potest resolvi in tres breves Odington 128; ~a novem perfeccionum novem ~as in valore debet habere et non plures Haudlo 116; duplex ~a cum se ipsa deorsum ligari potest Ib. 138; Fig. 44; Hauboys 192, etc. (v. largus 6a); tarda nota vocatur ~a et omnes eo majores; velox nota vocatur brevis et omnes eo minores Will. 23; ~a aliquando valet novem semibreves, aliquando octo ‥, aliquando quatuor Hauboys 226; figura simplicis ~e est corpus quadratum habens caudam ‥ in parte dextera Tunst. 256b; pausa ~e de modo imperfecto transit per duo spatia, et de modo perfecto per tria Hothby Cant. Fig. Ve 43. 11 (in prosody): a long, (as sb. f.) long syllable. b (tempus ~um, also ~a as sb. f.) sign indicating long vowel. a quo pacto ~ae et breves sillabae ‥ discriminentur Aldh. Met. 8; omnis syllaba aut brevis est ‥, aut ~a est et duo recipit tempora ‥; ~ae duobus modis sunt, natura et positione Bede AM 86; verba ‥ quaedam ‥ / ‥ faciunt morulas transacto in tempore longas Alcuin Carm. 118. 18; dico, -as ‥, quod licet ~um sit in auctoritate, breviatur tamen in compositione Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 158; Bacon Gram. Gk. 5 (v. eta a); si ‥ pes ~am habeat in depositione et ~am in elevatione, vocatur spondeus Odington 90.  b sunt ‥ prosodiae x: acutus, gravis, circumflexus, ~a, brevis ‥ Aldh. PR 141 p. 199; tempora sunt duo, ~um et breve; ~um est significatio productam litteram vocalem [indicans] Ib. p. 200. 12 distant, remote, far away: a (in space); b (in relationship); c (of time). a insulae [dat. sg.] ‥ velut ~iore terrarum secessu soli ‥ non proximae Gildas EB 8; eo, quamlibet ~um esset, ‥ contendebat W. Malm. GP II 75 p. 162; in ~issimas Norwegie provintias Ib. V 259 p. 413; [stella] quanto ~ior, tanto minus lucet Eul. Hist. I 73.  b si debeant duo germani fratres singulas sorores accipere, quae sunt ab illis ~a progenie generatae (Libellus Resp.) Bede HE I 27 p. 50.  c c1228 quomodo predicta omnia sciret de tam ~o tempore (Attest. Testium) Feod. Durh. 255; s1235 ~is retroactis temporibus (v. exlex 1); 1301 (v. feodalis 2b).

1 longus, (6) a, um, ¶ 1 long, étendu [espace et temps] : longissima epistula Cic. Att. 16, 11, 2, la plus longue lettre ; longum intervallum Cic. Off. 1, 30, un long intervalle ; uno die longiorem facere mensem Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 129, allonger le mois dʼun jour ; horæ longæ videbantur Cic. Att. 12, 5, 4, les heures paraissaient longues ; longa ætas Cic. CM 66, longue vie ; longa syllaba Cic. de Or. 3, 183, syllabe longue ; littera Cic. Or. 159, lettre longue [quantité] ; longus versus Enn. d. Cic. Leg. 2, 68, hexamètre || mensis quadraginta quinque dies longus Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 130, mois long de quarante cinq jours || [en parl. de pers.] : longus an brevis, formosus an deformis sit Cic. Inv. 1, 35, [on considère] si lʼindividu est long ou court [grand ou petit], beau ou laid, cf. Pl. Trin. 903 ; Catul. 67, 47 || [poét.] au loin : Virg. G. 3, 223 ; En. 7, 288 || spacieux, vaste : Hor. O. 3, 3, 37 ; 3, 27, 43 ; Ov. M. 6, 64 || éloigné : Cels. Med. 4, 6 ; Sil. 6, 628 ¶ 2 [fig.] qui dure, long, trop long : in rebus apertissimis nimium longi sumus Cic. Fin. 2, 85, cʼest trop mʼétendre sur un sujet très clair ; longior fui quam vellem Cic. Q. 1, 1, 36, jʼai été plus long que je nʼaurais voulu ; nolo esse longus Cic. Nat. 1, 101, je ne veux pas mʼétendre trop ; longum est commemorare Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 135, il serait trop long de rappeler, cf. Cic. Phil. 2, 27 ; Sest. 12 ; ne longum sit Cic. Cat. 3, 10, pour abréger ; non faciam longius Cic. Leg. 1, 22, je ne tarderai pas plus longtemps, cf. Cic. Fin. 5, 16 ; nec in longum dilata res est Liv. 5, 16, 4, et la chose ne fut pas traînée en longueur ; in longum parare Tac. Ann. 3, 27, préparer pour un long temps ; odia in longum jaciens Tac. Ann. 1, 69, semant la haine à longue échéance ; ex longo Virg. En. 9, 64, depuis longtemps || nec mihi longius quidquam est quam videre... Cic. Rab. Post. 35, je nʼai rien tant à cœur que de voir... ; nihil ei longius videbatur quam dum videret... Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 39 (quam ut videret... Cic. Fam. 11, 27, 1 ), rien ne lui tardait tant que de voir... ; nihil umquam longius his Kalendis Januariis mihi visum est Cic. Phil. 5, 1, rien ne mʼa jamais paru plus long à venir que ces calendes de janvier.

longus , a, um. adj. c. s.
長。伸。久。累赘者。Amor longus 日久之愛。Homo longus 怵人。呆人。In longum ducere 遲緩。延曰推月。 Nec in longum fuit 並未長久。

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• 2 LEG-, long, extended: via: longissima epistula: proficisci longissimo agmine, Cs.: navis longa, a war-ship, man-of-war(from its shape), Cs.: versus, the heroic hexameter: honorum Pagina, Iu.: vestis, V.: longioris fugae consilium, further, Cs.: manūs, farreaching, O.—In length, long: musculus pedes LX longus, Cs.: ferrum tres longum pedes, in length, L.—Great, vast, spacious: pontus, H.: classemque ex aethere longo prospexit, V.: caelum, O.—Long, of long duration, lasting, prolonged, tedious: in tam longā aetate: vita longior: uno die longior mensis: longā interiectā morā, Cs.: spatium (sc. temporis), L.: memoriam nostri longam efficere, S.: longo tempore, after a long interval, V.: anni, a great age, V.: dies, length of days, Iu.: syllaba: voces, V.: senectus, Iu.: mors, slow, V.: quam improbe fecerit, longum est dicere, it would be tedious: ne longum sit, to speak briefly: Ne longum faciam, H.: exemplis hoc facere longius, to spin out: nolo esse longus, tedious: respondit, nihil sibi longius fuisse, quam ut me videret, i. e. that he was impatient: nec mihi longius quicquam est quam, etc., nothing is more tedious: fatigat edendi Ex longo rabies, since long ago, V.: spem incohare longam, looking far ahead, H.: longus spe, slow to hope, H.—Distant, remote, long delayed: in longiorem diem conferre, Cs.: dies, V.—As substn.: in longum dilata res, long postponed, L.: Causando nostros in longum ducis amores, delay, V.