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dĭūturnus , a, um (diŭ-, Ov. F. 6, 352), adj. diu,
I.of long duration, lasting, long (class.; cf.: “diutinus, longinquus): quid putet in rebus humanis diuturnum, qui cognoverit, quid sit aeternum?Cic. Rep. 1, 17; cf. “gloria (opp. aeterna),id. ib. 6, 21; “opp. extremum,id. de Sen. 19, 69: “usus,id. Lael. 22 fin.: “injuria,id. Fam. 6, 10, 5: “bellum,id. de Imp. Pomp. 12 fin.: “pax,id. Rep. 5, 2; id. Prov. Cons. 3: “quies,Sall. C. 31: “labor,Caes. B. C. 2, 45 fin.: “obsidio,Ov. F. 6, 352: “mala,id. Tr. 4, 6, 50 et saep.: “status rei publicae,Cic. Rep. 2, 37; cf. “res publica,id. ib. 1, 26; “2, 3: rex,id. ib. 2, 12: “non potes esse diuturnus,” i. e. your power, id. Phil. 2, 44, 113: “dux,experienced, veteran, Amm. 16, 2, 2.—Comp.: “equae,longerlived, Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 11; cf. “filia,Ov. F. 6, 219; id. M. 3, 472: “molestiae,of longer duration, Cic. Fam. 6, 13, 3: “impunitas,Caes. B. G. 1, 14, 5: “multa,Plin. 7, 55, 56, § 188.—Sup.: poenae diuturnissimae, Aug. Civ. Dei, 21, 23 init.—Adv.: diūturne , Cic. Fam. 6, 10, 5 Orell. (dub. al. diuturnam).—Comp.: “diuturnius,longer, Sid. Ep. 2, 14; 9, 9.
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    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 6.10.5
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 6.13.3
    • Caesar, Gallic War, 1.14.5
    • Cicero, On the Consular Provinces, 3
    • Cicero, Philippics, 2.44.113
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 3.472
    • Sallust, Catilinae Coniuratio, 31
    • Cicero, De Republica, 1.17
    • Cicero, De Republica, 2.37
    • Cicero, De Amicitia, 22
    • Ovid, Tristia, 4.6
    • Ovid, Fasti, 6
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