longus adj. with comp. and sup.
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 subst
n.
: in longum dilata res,
long postponed
, L.: Causando nostros in longum ducis
amores,
delay
, V.