longius

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Latin

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Adverb

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longius

  1. comparative degree of longē

Adjective

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longius

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of longior

References

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  • longius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • longius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to enlarge the boundaries of a kingdom: fines (imperii) propagare, extendere, (longius) proferre
    • to march further forward: longius progredi, procedere
    • I cannot wait till..: nihil mihi longius est or videtur quam dum or quam ut
    • nothing is more tiresome to me than..: nihil mihi longius est quam (c. Inf.)
    • to be more advanced in years: longius aetate provectum esse
    • to go a long way back (in narrative): longe, alte (longius, altius) repetere (either absolute or ab aliqua re)
    • a rather recondite speech: oratio longius repetita (De Or. 3. 24. 91)
    • but that takes us too far: sed lābor longius