longius
Latin
References
- “longius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- longius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to enlarge the boundaries of a kingdom: fines (imperii) propagare, extendere, (longius) proferre
- to march further forward: longius progredi, procedere
- I cannot wait till..: nihil mihi longius est or videtur quam dum or quam ut
- nothing is more tiresome to me than..: nihil mihi longius est quam (c. Inf.)
- to be more advanced in years: longius aetate provectum esse
- to go a long way back (in narrative): longe, alte (longius, altius) repetere (either absolute or ab aliqua re)
- a rather recondite speech: oratio longius repetita (De Or. 3. 24. 91)
- but that takes us too far: sed lābor longius
- to enlarge the boundaries of a kingdom: fines (imperii) propagare, extendere, (longius) proferre
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