elongo
From LSJ
Δελφῖνα νήχεσθαι διδάσκεις: ἐπὶ τῶν ἐν ἐκείνοις τινὰ παιδοτριβούντων, ἐν οἷς ἤσκηται → Teaching dolphins to swim: is applied to those who are teaching something among people who are already well versed in it
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ēlongo: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. e-longe.
I Act., to remove, keep aloof (late Lat.): auxilium tuum a me, Vulg. Psa. 21, 20: judicium a nobis, id. Isa. 59, 9 al.—
B To prolong, protract: diem ejus, Vulg. Isa. 14, 1; cf. elongo, μακρύνω, ἀφίστημι, Gloss. Philox.—
II Neutr., to withdraw, depart: ecce elongavi fugiens, Vulg. Psa. 54, 7; id. Sir. 35, 22; id. Jer. 2, 5; Ambros. in Luc. 3, § 32.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
ēlongō, āvī, āre (e, longus), tr., allonger, prolonger, étendre, éloigner : Vulg. Psalm. 21, 20
