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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 (adv.):
      1. 1. dĭū, compar. diūtius, sup. diūtissĭmē: Caes.: Cic. The compar. occurs = too long: to be put off too l., diutius duci, Caes. B. G. 1, 16. (Perdiu differs from diutissime: the former denoting a long interval of time = for a long while; the latter, very long duration.)
      2. 2. compar. longius, longer: to hold out a little l.er, paulo longius tolerare, Caes. B. G. 7, 71: cf. Cic. Br. 15, 60, vitam Naevii producit longius. (But even the compar. is infrequent; and the posit. and sup. are not used of time.)
      3. 3. like preced. amplius (in connexion with subss. of time): to maintain the contest two hours longer, duas a. horas certamen sustinere, Liv. 36, 38.
      4. 4. prīdem, dūdum: v. infr. (v.). Phr.: (i). long before or after: multo ante or post to foresee anything l. before, aliquid m. ante prospicere, Suet. Tib. 67: Virg. G. 1, 167 not l. afterwards he ..., ille post non multo ..., Nep. Paus. 3, init.: Cic. (multo post): simly. so l. before or after, post tanto, Virg. G. 3, 476. (In Cic. Tusc. 3, 14, init., quae venientia longe ante videris, the adv. longe has its proper sense, from afar, at a distance.) (ii). how long? quamdiu how much longer? quamdiu etiam? Cic. Cat. 1, init. (iii). tamdiu, or separately, tam diu with correl. quamdiu, quoad, dum (only with future, so l. as something shall last, Cic. Off. 2, 12, 43) v. Dr. Smith's Lat. Dict. s. v. With pres., tamdiu implies that something is still going on: tamdiu Germania vincitur, so l. is Germany in being conquered, Tac. G. 37. (iv). too long: diūtius: v. supr. (1). Also nimis diu (nimium diu, Hor. Od. 4, 5, 2): v. too. (v.). long ago or since: (1). prīdem not very l. ago, haud ita p., Hor. S. 2, 2, 46. he points out how l. ago ..., quam p. (with subj.) ... docet, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 48, 126: when it is stated that something has been long going on and is still doing so, jam pridem is used with pres. ind.: I have l. since desired, jampridem (or as two words) cupio, Cic. Att. 2, 5. (2). dūdum (like preced., but usu. referring to shorter times): not l. ago, haud dudum, Pl. Pers. 4, 3, 35: esp. with jam (like preced.): Cic. de Or. 2, 7, 26: Ter.