Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 1041.longē on page 1041
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longē far
longē is a Latin Adverb that primarily means far.
Definitions for longē
Wheelock's Latin
Adverb
- 1
far
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Adverb
- 1
Over a great extent, a long way, far. (b) ~e lateque (and sim.), in all directions, far and wide. (c) (in fig. phrs., w. ref. to progress in a speech or narrative, in an activity, etc.).
- 2
At a distance, far off. (b) from a distance; so a ~e. (c) (w. measurements) at a given distance away. (d) (in fig. phrs. expr. remoteness from what is familiar, expected, relevant, etc.).
Sentences with longē
Latin to English
Ergo vivida vis animi pervicit, et extra processit longe flammantia moenia mundi atque omne immensum peragravit mente animoque.Compare Therefore the lively power of his mind prevailed, and forth he marched far beyond the flaming walls of the heavens, as he traversed the immeasurable universe in thought and imagination.
Faenum habet in cornu: longe fuge! Dummodo risum excutiat sibi, non hic cuiquam parcet amico.Compare He carries hay on his horns [i.e., he is dangerous], give him a wide berth: provided he can raise a laugh he will spare neither himself nor any friend.
Eqo, qui festino, longe absum.Compare I, who made haste, am very far distant.
Hic civitas longe plurimum totus Gallia valeo.Compare This state is by far the most powerful of all Gaul.
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 220.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1041.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 121.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "longē (adv.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 21, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/longe.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 220.on page 220
