far Copy link Outline I. Of space1. prŏcŭl (lit. before the eyes2. longē (at a great distance)II. Of degree1. longē2. multo (less strong than longe)3. multum (rare and poet.) • far, far off (adv. and prep.): I. Of space: 1. prŏcŭl (lit. before the eyes: hence not necessarily implying a great distance: usu. with prep. ab): not now f. off (standing aloof), but here present, the gods defend their temples, non jam p., sed hic praesentes, sua templa dii defendunt., Cic.: stand f. off (aloof), ye uninitiated, p. este, profani! Virg.: to be carried away f. from the land, p. a terra abripi, Cic.: to be f. away out of sight, esse p. a conspectu, Cic.: v. distance (I., Phr.). Fig.: I am conscious that this fault is f. from me, conscia mihi sum a me culpam hanc esse p., Ter.: the men who are f. from the recollection of this age, viri qui sunt p. ab aetatis hujus memoria, Cic.: f. (aloof) from business, p. negotiis, Hor. 2. longē (at a great distance): I am f. away, l. absum, Cic.: the territories of the Santones are not f. from those of the Tolosates, Santonum fines non l. a Tolosatium finibus absunt, Caes.: to sight future contingencies f. ahead, l. prospicere futuros casus, Cic.: I will not go farther away, non longius discedam, Cic.: f. and wide, l. lateque, Cic.: Caes. Fig.: to be very f. from the truth, longissime abesse a vero, Cic.: I seem to you not to deviate f. from the discoveries of Aristotle, ab Aristotelis inventis tibi ego videor non l. aberrare, Cic. Phr.: far from it! minime! dii meliora! Cic.: so f. am I from admiring my own works, ... that even Demosthenes does not satisfy me, tantum abest ut nostra miremur, ut nobis non satisfaciat ipse Demosthenes, Cic. Or. 29, 104: these words were so f. from having any influence on anybody, that the ambassadors were well-nigh outraged, haec dicta adeo nihil quenquam moverunt, ut legati prope violati sint, Liv. 3, 2: the Africans and Carthaginians, so f. from sustaining the attack, ... fell back, Afri et Carthaginienses adeo non sustinebant, ut contra ... pedem referrent, Liv. 30, 34, med.: I have resolved not to touch upon foreign affairs, except in so f. as they are connected with those of Rome, statui non ultra attingere externa, nisi qua Romanis cohaerent rebus, Liv. 39, 48, fin.: Vell.: he is as f. from observing proper bounds who falls below his subject as he who goes beyond it, non minus non servat modum qui infra rem dicit quam qui supra, Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 20. II. Of degree: 1. longē: f. otherwise, l. aliter, Cic.: f. the most distinguished, l. nobilissimus, Caes.: f. more powerful, l. potentior, Ov.: by f. the most wealthy state, l. opulentissima civitas, Liv.: as f. as possible different is the principle, longissime diversa est ratio, Cic. 2. multo (less strong than longe): it is f. better, m. praestat, Sall.: by f. the greatest part, m. maxima pars, Cic.: f. otherwise, m. aliter, Ter.: v. much (adv.). 3. multum (rare and poet.): f. stronger than he, m. robustior illo, Juv. Phr.: not till the day was f. spent, multo denique die, Caes. B. G. 1, 22.