longus, longa, longum

Definitions for longus

Wheelock's Latin

Adjective

1
long
English derivatives:
longitude longevity elongate oblong prolong

Oxford Latin Dictionary

Adjective

1
Having (great) linear extent, long. (b) (of journeys, movements, or sim.). (c) (in plant-names); (esp.) PIPER ~us, a kind of pepper, the dried fruiting spikes of Piper officinarum, (d) nauis ~a, a warship, galley. (e) uicus ~us, a street at Rome, between the Quirinal and the Viminal, (f) ALBA ~a, an ancient town of Latium. (g) per ~um, over a great distance; ex ~o, long side up.
2
(w. measurements) Having a specified length.
3
(usu. of persons) Having (great) upward extent, tall.
4
(a) (of an area) Covering a wide extent, boundless (prob. sts. partly w. ref. to the length of time needed to traverse it). (b) (of wealth) ample.
5
Having a long reach or range, far-reaching. (b) (fig., of hopes, desires)

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Sentences with longus

Latin to English

Aetās longa saepe est difficilis.Compare A long life is often difficult.

Ut pictura poesis: erit quae, si propius stes, te capiat magis, et quaedam, si longus abstes.Compare As with the painter's work, so with the poet's: one piece will take yuo more if you stand close to it, another at a greater distance.

Tum septem et viginti virgo, longus indutus vestis carmen in Juno regina canens eo.Compare Then seven and twenty virgins, clad in a long robe, went singing a song in honour of Juno the queen of the gods,

Cōpiae nostrae bellum longum contrā ācrēs manūs tyrannī gessērunt.Compare Our forces waged a long war against the tyrant's fierce bands.

Data sources

Notes

Definitions
Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 107.
P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1042.
Word frequencies
Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
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): 120.

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Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.

Francese, Christopher. "Latin Core Vocabulary." Dickinson College Commentaries. Last modified 2014. http://dcc.dickinson.edu/latin-vocabulary-list.

Gildersleeve, Basil L., and Gonzales Lodge. Gildersleeve's Latin Grammar: Third Edition, Revised, and Enlarged. 3rd ed. London, England: Macmillan and Co., 1903.

Glare, Peter G.W. Oxford Latin Dictionary. Vols. 1-8. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1982.

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Citation

Chicago (17th ed.)

Allo Contributors. "longus, longa, longum (adj.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified September 3, 2023. Accessed November 21, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/longus-longa-longum.