longinqua+monumenta

longinquus, a, um, adj. [longus], long, extensive.

Lit., in space.

In gen. (rare):

linea,

Plin. 9, 17, 26, § 59:

aequora,

Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 363:

amnes,

Tac. A. 1, 9.—

In partic.

Far removed, far off, remote, distant (class.):

nos longinqui et a te ipso missi in ultimas gentes,

Cic. Fam. 15, 9, 1:

ex locis tam longinquis,

id. Imp. Pomp. 16, 47:

ab extero hoste atque longinquo,

id. Cat. 2, 13, 29:

longinqua Lacedaemon,

id. Att. 15, 9, 1:

nationes,

Caes. B. G. 7, 77:

cura,

respecting things that are far off, Liv. 22, 23:

longinquiores loci,

Caes. B. G. 4, 27:

vulnera, i. e. e longinquo accepta,

Luc. 3, 568.—In neutr. absol.: ex (e) longinquo, from afar, from a distance:

e longinquo intueri,

Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 97; Tac. A. 1, 47; Sen. Ep. 22.— Plur.:

longinqua imperii adire,

the remote parts, Tac. A. 3, 34.—

Living far off, foreign, strange:

homo longinquus et alienigena,

Cic. Deiot. 3, 10:

Clodius aequaliter in longinquos, in propinquos, in alienos, in suos irruebat,

id. Mil. 28, 76:

piscis,

Ov. Ib. 150.—

Transf., of time.

In gen., long, of long duration or continuance, prolonged, lasting, continued, tedious (class.; cf.:

diutinus, diuturnus): vita,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 136:

adfert vetustas omnibus in rebus longinqua observatione incredibilem scientiam,

Cic. Div. 1, 49, 109:

dolores,

id. Fin. 2, 29, 94:

oppugnatio,

Caes. B. C. 3, 80:

consuetudo,

id. B. G. 1, 47:

militia,

Liv. 4, 18.— Comp.:

longinquiore tempore bellum confecturum,

Nep. Them. 4, 3.—

In partic.

Long deferred, distant (rare):

cum spe perrumpendi periculi, vel in longinquum tempus differendi,

Cic. Part. Or. 32, 112:

cum... aut tempore longinqua aut praeceps periculo victoria esset,

Liv. 9, 24, 2:

spes longinqua et sera,

Tac. A. 13, 37.—

Old, ancient:

monumenta,

Plin. 13, 12, 26, § 83. —

Remote, far-fetched:

sunt et durae (translationes), id est a longinqua similitudine ductae, ut "capitis nives," etc.,

Quint. 8, 6, 17.—Hence, adv., in three forms: lon-ginquē, longinquō, and longin-quom (only ante- and post - class.).

A long way off, far away: longinque ab domo bellum gerentes, Enn. ap. Non. 515, 14 (Trag. v. 103, Vahl.).—

In time, long, a long while:

odiosast oratio, quom rem agas, longinquom loqui,

Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 25:

servus longinquo absens,

Dig. 30, 3; so ib. 3, 3, 44.— Comp.:

longinquius diutiusque adesse,

Gell. 1, 22, 12.—

After a long interval:

historiam scripsere Pictor incondite, Sisenna longinque,

Fronto Ep. ad Ver. 1 Mai.

longinquus, a, um, adj. [longus], long, extensive.

Lit., in space.

In gen. (rare):

linea,

Plin. 9, 17, 26, § 59:

aequora,

Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 363:

amnes,

Tac. A. 1, 9.—

In partic.

Far removed, far off, remote, distant (class.):

nos longinqui et a te ipso missi in ultimas gentes,

Cic. Fam. 15, 9, 1:

ex locis tam longinquis,

id. Imp. Pomp. 16, 47:

ab extero hoste atque longinquo,

id. Cat. 2, 13, 29:

longinqua Lacedaemon,

id. Att. 15, 9, 1:

nationes,

Caes. B. G. 7, 77:

cura,

respecting things that are far off, Liv. 22, 23:

longinquiores loci,

Caes. B. G. 4, 27:

vulnera, i. e. e longinquo accepta,

Luc. 3, 568.—In neutr. absol.: ex (e) longinquo, from afar, from a distance:

e longinquo intueri,

Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 97; Tac. A. 1, 47; Sen. Ep. 22.— Plur.:

longinqua imperii adire,

the remote parts, Tac. A. 3, 34.—

Living far off, foreign, strange:

homo longinquus et alienigena,

Cic. Deiot. 3, 10:

Clodius aequaliter in longinquos, in propinquos, in alienos, in suos irruebat,

id. Mil. 28, 76:

piscis,

Ov. Ib. 150.—

Transf., of time.

In gen., long, of long duration or continuance, prolonged, lasting, continued, tedious (class.; cf.:

diutinus, diuturnus): vita,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 136:

adfert vetustas omnibus in rebus longinqua observatione incredibilem scientiam,

Cic. Div. 1, 49, 109:

dolores,

id. Fin. 2, 29, 94:

oppugnatio,

Caes. B. C. 3, 80:

consuetudo,

id. B. G. 1, 47:

militia,

Liv. 4, 18.— Comp.:

longinquiore tempore bellum confecturum,

Nep. Them. 4, 3.—

In partic.

Long deferred, distant (rare):

cum spe perrumpendi periculi, vel in longinquum tempus differendi,

Cic. Part. Or. 32, 112:

cum... aut tempore longinqua aut praeceps periculo victoria esset,

Liv. 9, 24, 2:

spes longinqua et sera,

Tac. A. 13, 37.—

Old, ancient:

monumenta,

Plin. 13, 12, 26, § 83. —

Remote, far-fetched:

sunt et durae (translationes), id est a longinqua similitudine ductae, ut "capitis nives," etc.,

Quint. 8, 6, 17.—Hence, adv., in three forms: lon-ginquē, longinquō, and longin-quom (only ante- and post - class.).

A long way off, far away: longinque ab domo bellum gerentes, Enn. ap. Non. 515, 14 (Trag. v. 103, Vahl.).—

In time, long, a long while:

odiosast oratio, quom rem agas, longinquom loqui,

Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 25:

servus longinquo absens,

Dig. 30, 3; so ib. 3, 3, 44.— Comp.:

longinquius diutiusque adesse,

Gell. 1, 22, 12.—

After a long interval:

historiam scripsere Pictor incondite, Sisenna longinque,

Fronto Ep. ad Ver. 1 Mai.