longinquus

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

longinquus: a, um, adj. longus,
I long, extensive.
I Lit., in space.
   A In gen. (rare): linea, Plin. 9, 17, 26, § 59: aequora, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 363: amnes, Tac. A. 1, 9.—
   B In partic.
   1    Far removed, far off, remote, distant (class.): nos longinqui et a te ipso missi in ultimas gentes, Cic. Fam. 15, 9, 1: ex locis tam longinquis, id. Imp. Pomp. 16, 47: ab extero hoste atque longinquo, id. Cat. 2, 13, 29: longinqua Lacedaemon, id. Att. 15, 9, 1: nationes, Caes. B. G. 7, 77: cura, respecting things that are far off, Liv. 22, 23: longinquiores loci, Caes. B. G. 4, 27: vulnera, i. e. e longinquo accepta, Luc. 3, 568.—In neutr. absol.: ex (e) longinquo, from afar, from a distance: e longinquo intueri, Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 97; Tac. A. 1, 47; Sen. Ep. 22.—Plur.: longinqua imperii adire, the remote parts, Tac. A. 3, 34.—
   2    Living far off, foreign, strange: homo longinquus et alienigena, Cic. Deiot. 3, 10: Clodius aequaliter in longinquos, in propinquos, in alienos, in suos irruebat, id. Mil. 28, 76: piscis, Ov. Ib. 150.—
II Transf., of time.
   A In gen., long, of long duration or continuance, prolonged, lasting, continued, tedious (class.; cf.: diutinus, diuturnus): vita, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 136: adfert vetustas omnibus in rebus longinqua observatione incredibilem scientiam, Cic. Div. 1, 49, 109: dolores, id. Fin. 2, 29, 94: oppugnatio, Caes. B. C. 3, 80: consuetudo, id. B. G. 1, 47: militia, Liv. 4, 18.—Comp.: longinquiore tempore bellum confecturum, Nep. Them. 4, 3.—
   B In partic.
   1    Long deferred, distant (rare): cum spe perrumpendi periculi, vel in longinquum tempus differendi, Cic. Part. Or. 32, 112: cum ... aut tempore longinqua aut praeceps periculo victoria esset, Liv. 9, 24, 2: spes longinqua et sera, Tac. A. 13, 37.—*
   2    Old, ancient: monumenta, Plin. 13, 12, 26, § 83. —
   3    Remote, far-fetched: sunt et durae (translationes), id est a longinqua similitudine ductae, ut "capitis nives," etc., Quint. 8, 6, 17.—Hence, adv., in three forms: lon-ginquē, longinquō, and longin-quom (only ante- and post - class.).
   1    A long way off, far away: longinque ab domo bellum gerentes, Enn. ap. Non. 515, 14 (Trag. v. 103, Vahl.).—
   2    In time, long, a long while: odiosast oratio, quom rem agas, longinquom loqui, Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 25: servus longinquo absens, Dig. 30, 3; so ib. 3, 3, 44.—Comp.: longinquius diutiusque adesse, Gell. 1, 22, 12.—
   b After a long interval: historiam scripsere Pictor incondite, Sisenna longinque, Fronto Ep. ad Ver. 1 Mai.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

longinquus,¹⁰ a, um (longus),
1 long, étendu : longinqua linea Plin. 9, 59, longue ligne ; oculorum acies Gell. 14, 1, 5, longue portée de la vue
2 à une grande distance, éloigné, lointain : loci longinquiores Cæs. G. 4, 27, 6, lieux plus éloignés ; longinquæ nationes Cæs. G. 7, 77, 16, nations éloignées