tedious Copy link Outline 1. lentus2. longus3. longinquus (of long duration)4. taediōsus • tedious: 1. lentus: a t. affair, l. negotium, Cic. Att. 1, 12, init.: a t. war, l. bellum, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 7. 2. longus: the hours seemed t., horae l. videbantur, Cic. Att. 12, 5, extr.: I do not wish to be t., nolo esse l.. id. N. D. 1, 36, 101: it would be t., longum est, id. Sest. 5, 12: it would be t. to enumerate every particular, l. est omnia (sc. dicere), id. N. D. 1, 8, 19: not to be t., ne longum faciam, Hor. S. 1, 3, 137: ne l. sit, Cic. Cat. 3, 5, 10: mind you are not t., ne l. fiet videte, id. Leg. 2, 10, 24. 3. longinquus (of long duration): a t. warfare, l. militia, Liv. 4, 18: a t. disease, l. morbus, id. 1, 31: v. slow, wearisome. 4. taediōsus: Firm. Math. Phr.: to be t., languorem afferre, languere, Cic. Off. 3, 1, 1 and 3: the year seems t., piger annus videtur, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 21 (joined to nox longa, dies lenta): if I were to relate more it would be t., si alia memorem, mora sit, Pl. Capt. 4, 3, 6: there is something t. in Cicero, *in Cicerone est nescio quid putidi ac molesti.