oblongus
Τὸ νικᾶν αὐτὸν αὑτὸν πασῶν νικῶν πρώτη τε καὶ ἀρίστη. Τὸ δὲ ἡττᾶσθαι αὐτὸν ὑφ' ἑαυτοῦ πάντων αἴσχιστόν τε ἅμα καὶ κάκιστον. → Τo conquer yourself is the first and best victory of all, while to be conquered by yourself is of all the most shameful as well as evil
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ob-longus: a, um,
I adj., rather long, longish; oblong (not in Cic. or Cæs.): missile telum hastili oblongo, Liv. 21, 8: figura, Plin. 37, 12, 75, § 196: folia, id. 25, 3, 6. § 21: scutula, Tac. Agr. 10.—Comp.: foramen oblongius, Vitr. 21, 8 fin.; 10, 11, 4.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
oblongus,¹⁵ a, um, allongé, oblong : Liv. 21, 8 ; Tac. Agr. 10 || -gior Vitr. Arch. 10, 11, 4.
Latin > German (Georges)
ob-longus, a, um, länglich, mensa, Varro LL.: hastile, Liv.: scutulum, Tac.: ovum, Plin.: figura, Plin.: urbs oblongā formā, Liv.: oblonga incurvis lateribus tecta, Sall.: foramen oblongius sit tanto, quantam epizygis habet crassitudinem, Vitr. 10, 11, 4.
Latin > English
oblongus oblonga, oblongum ADJ :: oblong
