καὶ ποταμοὺς τινας διαβάντες ἐν μεγίστῃ παρεγινόμεθα κώμῃ → and having crossed some rivers we reached a very large village
long: P. and V. μακρός.
in a roundabout way, adv.: use V. πέριξ (Euripides, Andromache 448).