ἀναγκαιότεραι μὲν οὖν πᾶσαι ταύτης, ἀμείνων δ᾽ οὐδεμία → accordingly, although all other sciences are more necessary than this, none is more excellent (Aristotle, Metaphysics A 983a10)
prōlixo: āre, v. a. id.,
I to lengthen, extend: aciem ferramenti, Col. 4, 24, 22.