εἰ μὴ μάλα γέ τινες ὀλίγοι ὧν ἐγὼ ἐντετύχηκα → apart from a very few whom I've met
prōlixo: āre, v. a. id.,I to lengthen, extend: aciem ferramenti, Col. 4, 24, 22.
prōlixō, āre (prolixus), tr., allonger : Col. Rust. 4, 24, 22.