longitudines et brevitates in sonis C

1) небольшая длина, короткость ( spatii Cs)

2) небольшая величина, маленький рост ( corporis Lcr)

3) непродолжительность, краткость (diei, temporis C; vitae C, Sen)

4) краткость, сжатость (orationis C; b. Sallustiana Q)

5) грам. краткость ( longitudines et brevitates in sonis C)

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longĭtūdo, ĭnis, f. [longus], length.

Lit.:

in hac immensitate latitudinum, longitudinum, altitudinum,

Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 54:

itineris,

id. Phil. 9, 1, 2:

pontis,

Caes. B. G. 6, 29:

longitudines et brevitates in sonis,

Cic. Or. 51, 173:

diffindere aliquid in longitudinem,

lengthwise, id. Univ. 7:

in longitudinem murum praeduxerant,

Caes. B. G. 7, 46:

longitudinis pedes,

Quint. 1, 10, 42; 11, 3, 118; Plin. 16, 34, 62, § 150:

Hispania ulterior in duas per longitudinem provincias dividitur,

id. 3, 1, 2, § 6.—

Transf., of time, length, long duration (rare; cf.:

longinquitas, diuturnitas): noctis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 10, § 26:

orationis,

id. Part. 17, 59; cf.

prooemii,

Quint. 4, 1, 62:

consulere in longitudinem,

to look far ahead, take thought for the future, Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 10.