τῶν λεγομένων τά μέν κατά συμπλοκήν λέγεται, τά δέ ἄνευ συμπλοκῆς → forms of speech are either simple or composite (Aristotle, Categoriae 1a16-17)
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.