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Ὁ αὐτὸς ἔφησε τὸν μὲν ὕπνον ὀλιγοχρόνιον θάνατον, τὸν δὲ θάνατον πολυχρόνιον ὕπνον → Plato said that sleep was a short-lived death but death was a long-lived sleep

Gnomologium Vaticanum, 446

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

prōlixē: adv., v. prolixus.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

prōlixē¹⁴ (prolixus), largement, abondamment : Cic. Fl. 89 || avec empressement : Cic. Att. 7, 14, 2 ; prolixius accipere Ter. Eun. 1082, recevoir [à table] plus largement.

Latin > English

prolixe prolixius, prolixissime ADV :: so as to extend a long way in space; at length, in detail; in large quanity
prolixe prolixe prolixius, prolixissime ADV :: amply; lavishly, generously, wholeheartedly, without let/skimping/reserve