I.length, extent.
I. Lit.
A. In gen.: “viae,” Flor. 4, 12, 62: “itineris,” Tac. A. 6, 44; cf. id. ib. 3, 5: “navigandi,” Plin. 31, 6, 33, § 63. —
B. In partic., distance, remoteness: “quo propter longinquitatem tardissime omnia perferuntur,” Cic. Fam. 2, 9, 1: “regionum,” Tac. Agr. 19.—
II. Transf., of time.
A. In gen., length, long continuance or duration: “aetatis,” Ter. Hec. 4, 2, 20: “temporum,” Cic. Tusc. 5, 40: “gravissimi morbi,” id. Phil. 10, 8, 16: “bellorum,” Liv. 10, 31: “exilii,” Tac. A. 1, 53.—
B. In partic., long duration, length of time: “(dolores) longinquitate producti,” Cic. Tusc. 5, 40, 117: “longinquitate potestatem dominantem,” Liv. 9, 33.