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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• long (adj.):
    1. I. Of extension
      1. 1. longus: Cic.: Virg.: pass. Unusually or very l., praelongus very l. swords, pr. gladii, Liv. 22, 46 Plin.: also, perlongus (less freq., but denoting greater absolute length than praelongus, as perlonga via, Cic. Att. 5, 20, 3). N.B.--When the dimension is specified, longus is used with acc. of substantives of measure; as, ferrum tres longum pedes, an iron three feet l., Liv. 21, 8, fin.
      2. 2. prōmissus (that has been suffered to grow; hanging down): l. hair, p. coma, Liv. 38, 17: Caes.
      3. 3. prōlixus (long and spreading; esp. of the parts of the body or dress): hair loose and l., capillus passus, p., Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 49: l. tails (of sheep), caudae p., Varr. R. R. 2, 2, ad init.: l. tunics, p. tunicae, Gell. 7, 12, init.
      4. 4. prōcērus (esp. of the body, long and thin or tapering): a l. beak (of birds), p. rostrum, Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 101: l. pikes, p. lupi, Hor. S. 2, 2, 36: v. tall.
      5. 5. prōductus (rare): a very l. shoot, flagellum productissimum, Col. 3, 10. Phr.: eight feet l., pedes protentus in octo, Virg. G. 1, 171: a l. (extended) line of battle, in longitudinem porrecta acies, Liv. 25, 21, med.: see also length.
    2. II. Of time
      1. 1. longus l. time, delay, life, etc., l. tempus, mora, vita, etc. Cic.: Caes. pass.
      2. 2. longinquus (long continued: but more usu. of distance than time): l. service, l. militia, Liv. 4, 18: l. habit, l. consuetudo, Caes. B. G. 1, 47: l. period of time, l. tempus, Cic. Div. 2, 12, 28. (N.B.--Stronger than longus.)
      3. 3. diūturnus (of time only: having long duration): l. experience, d. usus, Cic. Am. 22, fin.: so l. a war, tam d. bellum, Cic. Man. 12, fin.: Caes. Also diūtĭnus, in same sense: l. stays at a place, d. mansiones, Ter. Ph. 5, 8, 23: Cic.: Caes.
      4. 4. prōlixus (rare in this sense): l. life, p. aetas, Dig.
    3. III. Of quantity, in syllables:
      1. 1. longus. Cic. de Or. 3, 47, 183.
      2. 2. prōductus Cic. Or. 48, 159: cf. also, de Or. l. c., extrema producta atque longa, i. e. the final (syllable) being l. (where producta is p. part.).
    4. IV. Of compositions; as a speech, etc.:
      1. 1. longus: e. g. l. oratio, Cic. Rab. perd. 3, init. Very l., praelongus, e. g. sermo (as written), Quint. 10, 3, 32.
      2. 2. prōductus (lengthened out): (not) longer than five acts, quinto productior actu, Hor. A. P. 189. (Not prolixus in this sense; unless with the further idea of tediousness: cf. Macr. 3, 7, fin. ne prolixus sim.)