sesquipedalis
sesquipedalis, of a foot and a half, half a yard long
sesquĭ-pĕdālis, e, adj.
- Of a foot and a half; one foot and a half in length, breadth, or diameter, Cato R. R. 15, 2: tigna, Caes. B. G. 4, 17: talea, Col. 5, 9, 3: mensura, id. 9, 15, 4; 11, 2, 18; 11, 3, 48; Vitr. 5, 10; 10, 15, 4.—
- II Poet. transf., to denote excessive length, half a yard long: dentes, Cat. 97, 5: verba, Hor. A. P. 97; Mart. 7, 14, 10.
sēsqui-pedālis, e, anderthalbfüßig, latitudo, Vitr.: mensura, Colum.: tigna, Caes.: übtr., ellenlang = sehr lang, dentes, Catull.: verba, Hor.
fuit altare ex splendenti marmore ‥ ~i crossitudine, quadrupedali longitudine
dum ampullas projiciunt et ~ia verba
neque in dubio sit quin eloquiis ‥ humilitas nostra ‥ ampullosis ‥ et ~ibus viriliter contradicat
~ium verborum
sēsquĭpĕdālĭs, (14) e, dʼun pied et demi : Cato Agr. 15 ; Cæs. G. 4, 17 || [fig.] dʼune longueur démesurée : Catul. 97, 5 ; Hor. P. 97.
sēsqui-pedālis e, adj.,
- of a foot and a half, half a yard long: tigna, Cs.: verba, H.