taller

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altus, a, um, participle from alo., lit., grown or become great, great (altus ab alendo dictus, Paul. ex Fest. p. 7 Müll.; cf. the Germ. gross with the Engl. grow), a polar word meaning both high and deep.

Seen from below upwards, high.

Lit.: IN ALTOD MARID PVCNANDOD, etc., Columna Duilii; so, maria alta, Liv. Andron. ap. Macr. S. 6, 5, 10; id. ib. ap. Prisc. p. 725 P.: aequor, Pac. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 23 Müll.: parietes, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44:

sub ramis arboris altae,

Lucr. 2, 30:

acervus,

id. 3, 198 al.:

columellam tribus cubitis ne altiorem,

Cic. Leg. 2, 26, 66:

altior illis Ipsa dea est colloque tenus supereminet omnes,

taller, Ov. M. 3, 181:

altis de montibus,

Verg. E. 1, 83:

umbras Altorum nemorum,

Ov. M. 1, 591 al. —With the acc. of measure:

clausi lateribus pedem altis,

a foot high, Sall. H. Fragm. 4, 39 Gerl.; cf. Lind. C. Gr. I. p. 215.—With gen.:

triglyphi alti unius et dimidiati moduli, lati in fronte unius moduli,

Vitr. 4, 3:

majorem turrim altam cubitorum CXX.,

id. 10, 5:

alta novem pedum,

Col. 8, 14, 1:

singula latera pedum lata tricenum, alta quinquagenum,

Plin. 36, 13, 19, § 4.—

Trop., high, lofty, elevated, great, magnanimous, high-minded, noble, august, etc.:

altissimus dignitatis gradus,

Cic. Phil. 1, 6, 14; so id. Clu. 55; id. Dom. 37.—Of mind or thought:

te natura excelsum quendam videlicet et altum et humana despicientem genuit,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 11:

homo sapiens et altā mente praeditus,

highminded, id. Mil. 8:

qui altiore animo sunt,

id. Fin. 5, 20, 57 al. —So of gods, or persons elevated in birth, rank, etc.;

also of things personified: rex aetheris altus Juppiter,

Verg. A. 12, 140:

Apollo,

id. ib. 10, 875:

Caesar,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 37:

Aeneas, i. e. deā natus,

id. S. 2, 5, 62:

Roma,

Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 33:

Carthago,

Prop. 2, 1, 23 al. —Of the voice, high, shrill, loud, clear:

Conclamate iterum altiore voce,

Cat. 42, 18:

haec fatus altā voce,

Sen. Troad. 196:

altissimus sonus,

Quint. 11, 3, 23 (cf.:

vox magna,

Ov. Tr. 4, 9, 24; Juv. 4, 32).— Subst.: altum, i, n., a height:

sic est hic ordo (senatorius) quasi propositus atque editus in altum,

on high, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 41, § 98:

aedificia in altum edita,

Tac. H. 3, 71:

quidquid in altum Fortuna tulit, ruitura levat,

Sen. Agam. 100.—Esp.

(Sc. caelum.) The height of heaven, high heaven, the heavens:

ex alto volavit avis,

Enn. Ann. 1, 108:

haec ait, et Maiā genitum demisit ab alto,

Verg. A. 1, 297.—Still more freq.,

(Sc. mare.) The high sea, the deep, the sea: rapit ex alto navīs velivolas, Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 224:

ubi sumus provecti in altum, capiunt praedones navem illam, ubi vectus fui,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 39; so id. Men. 1, 2, 2; id. Rud. prol. 66; 2, 3, 64:

terris jactatus et alto,

Verg. A. 1, 3:

in altum Vela dabant,

id. ib. 1, 34:

collectae ex alto nubes,

id. G. 1, 324:

urget ab alto Notus,

id. ib. 1, 443 al.:

alto mersā classe,

Sil. 6, 665:

ab illā parte urbis navibus aditus ex alto est,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 32:

in alto jactari,

id. Inv. 2, 31, 95:

naves nisi in alto constitui non poterant,

Caes. B. G. 4, 24:

naves in altum provectae,

id. ib. 4, 28: scapha in altum navigat, Sall. Fragm.—So in the plur.:

alta petens,

Verg. A. 7, 362.— Trop.:

quam magis te in altum capessis, tam aestus te in portum refert,

Plaut. As. 1, 3, 6:

imbecillitas... in altum provehitur imprudens,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 18, 42:

te quasi quidam aestus ingenii tui in altum abstraxit,

id. de Or. 3, 36, 145.—

Seen from above downwards, deep, profound.

Lit. (hence sometimes opp. summus): Acherusia templa alta Orci, salvete, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, 2, 81; Cic. Tusc. 1, 21, 48:

quom ex alto puteo sursum ad summum escenderis,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 14:

altissimae radices,

Cic. Phil. 4, 5:

altae stirpes,

id. Tusc. 3, 6, 13:

altissima flumina,

Caes. B. C. 3, 77:

altior aqua,

id. ib. 1, 25:

alta theatri Fundamenta,

Verg. A. 1, 427:

gurgite in alto,

in the deep whirlpool, id. E. 6, 76:

altum vulnus,

id. A. 10, 857; Petr. 136; Sen. Troad. 48:

altum totā metitur cuspide pectus,

Sil. 4, 292; so id. 6, 580 al.:

unde altior esset Casus,

Juv. 10, 106.—With the abl. of measure:

faciemus (scrobes) tribus pedibus altas,

Pall. Jan. 10, 3.—

Trop. (more freq. in and after the Aug. per.), deep, profound:

somno quibus est opus alto,

Hor. S. 2, 1, 8; so Liv. 7, 35:

sopor,

Verg. A. 8, 27:

quies,

id. ib. 6, 522:

silentium,

id. ib. 10, 63; Quint. 10, 3, 22:

altissima tranquillitas,

Plin. Ep. 2, 1:

altissima eruditio,

id. ib. 4, 30:

altiores artes,

Quint. 8, 3, 2.— Subst.: altum, i, n., the depth, i. e. what is deep or far removed:

ex alto dissimulare,

Ov. Am. 2, 4, 16:

non ex alto venire nequitiam, sed summo, quod aiunt, animo inhaerere,

Sen. Ira, 1, 16 med. al.—Hence, ex alto repetere, or petere, in discourse, to bring from far; as P. a., farfetched:

quae de nostris officiis scripserim, quoniam ex alto repetita sunt,

Cic. Fam. 3, 5:

quid causas petis ex alto?

Verg. A. 8, 395 (cf.:

alte repetere in the same sense,

Cic. Sest. 13; id. Rep. 4, 4, and v. al. infra).—

Poet., in reference to a distant (past) time: cur vetera tam ex alto appetissis discidia, Agamemno? Att. ap. Non. 237, 22 (altum: vetus, antiquum, Non.); cf. Verg. G. 4, 285.—With the access. idea of venerable (cf. antiquus), ancient, old:

genus alto a sanguine Teucri,

Verg. A. 6, 500:

Thebanā de matre nothum Sarpedonis alti,

id. ib. 9, 697;

genus Clauso referebat ab alto,

Ov. F. 4, 305:

altā gente satus,

Val. Fl. 3, 202:

altis inclitum titulis genus,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 338.— Adv.: altē, and very rarely altum, high, deep (v. supra, altus, P. a. init.).

High, on high, high up, from on high, from above (v. altus, P. a., A.).

Lit.:

alte ex tuto prospectum aucupo,

Att. Trag. Rel. p. 188 Rib.:

colomen alte geminis aptum cornibus,

id. ib. p. 221:

alte jubatos angues,

Naev. ib. p. 9:

jubar erigere alte,

Lucr. 4, 404:

roseā sol alte lampade lucens,

id. 5, 610:

in vineā ficos subradito alte, ne eas vitis scandat,

Cato, R. R. 50:

cruentum alte extollens pugionem,

Cic. Phil. 2, 12, 28: non animadvertis cetarios escendere in malum alte, ut perspiciant pisces? Varr. ap. Non. 49, 15:

(aër) tollit se ac rectis ita faucibus eicit alte,

Lucr. 6, 689:

dextram Entellus alte extulit,

Verg. A. 5, 443:

alte suras vincire cothurno,

high up, id. ib. 1, 337:

puer alte cinctus,

Hor. S. 2, 8, 10, and Sen. Ep. 92:

unda alte subjectat arenam,

Verg. G. 3, 240:

Nihil tam alte natura constituit, quo virtus non possit eniti,

Curt. 7, 11, 10: alte maesti in terram cecidimus, from on high, Varr. ap. Non. 79, 16:

eo calcem cribro succretam indito alte digitos duo,

to the height of two fingers, Cato, R. R. 18, 7; so Col. R. R. 5, 6, 6.— Comp.:

quae sunt humiliora neque se tollere a terrā altius possunt,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 13, 37:

tollam altius tectum,

id. Har. Resp. 15, 33:

altius praecincti,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 5:

pullus in arvis altius ingreditur,

Verg. G. 3, 75:

caput altius effert,

id. ib. 3, 553:

altius atque cadant imbres,

id. E. 6, 38 ubi v. Forb.:

altius aliquid tenere,

Sen. Q. N. 1, 5.— Sup.: [p. 96] cum altissime volāsset (aquila), Suet. Aug. 94.—

Trop.:

alte natus,

Albin. 1, 379 (cf.: altus Aeneas, supra, P. a., A. II.):

alte enim cadere non potest,

Cic. Or. 28, 98:

video te alte spectare,

id. Tusc. 1, 34, 82; id. Rep. 6, 23, 25.— Comp.:

altius se efferre,

Cic. Rep. 6, 23, 25; 3, 3, 4:

altius irae surgunt ductori,

Verg. A. 10, 813:

altius aliquid agitare,

Cels. 1 prooem.:

attollitur vox altius,

Quint. 11, 3, 65:

verbis altius atque altius insurgentibus,

id. 8, 4, 27.— Sup.:

Ille dies virtutem Catonis altissime illuminavit,

Vell. 2, 35:

ingenium altissime adsurgit,

Plin. Ep. 8, 4.—

Deep, deeply (v. altus, P. a. B.).

Lit.:

ablaqueato ficus non alte,

Cato, R. R. 36:

ferrum haud alte in corpus descendere,

Liv. 1, 41:

alte vulnus adactum,

Verg. A. 10, 850; Ov. M. 6, 266; Curt. 4, 6, 18; Cels. 5, 26, 30:

timidum caput abdidit alte,

Verg. G. 3, 422:

alte consternunt terram frondes,

deeply strew, id. A. 4, 443:

ut petivit Suspirium alte!

Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 58 (cf.:

ingentem gemitum dat pectore ab imo,

Verg. A. 1, 485):

inter cupam pertundito alte digitos primorīs tres,

Cato, R. R. 21, 2:

minimum alte pedem,

Col. de Arb. 30.— Comp.:

ne radices altius agant,

Col. 5, 6, 8:

terra altius effossa,

Quint. 10, 3, 2:

cum sulcus altius esset impressus,

Cic. Div. 2, 23, 50:

frigidus imber Altius ad vivum persedit, Verg G. 3, 441: tracti altius gemitus,

Sen. Ira, 3, 4, 2.— Sup.:

(latronibus gladium) altissime demergo,

App. M. 2, 32.—

Trop., deeply, profoundly, far, from afar:

privatus ut altum Dormiret,

Juv. 1, 16:

alte terminus haerens,

Lucr. 1, 77:

longo et alte petito prooemio respondere,

Cic. Clu. 21, 58:

ratio alte petita,

Quint. 11, 1, 62:

alte et a capite repetis, quod quaerimus,

Cic. Leg. 1, 6, 18; id. Rep. 4, 4, 4; id. Sest. 13, 31.— Comp.:

qui altius perspiciebant,

had a deeper insight, Cic. Verr. 1, 7, 19:

quae principia sint, repetendum altius videtur,

must be sought out more deeply, id. Off. 1, 16:

altius repetitae causae,

Quint. 11, 1, 62:

de quo si paulo altius ordiri ac repetere memoriam religionis videbor,

Cic. Verr. 4, 105:

Hisce tibi in rebus latest alteque videndum,

Lucr. 6, 647:

altius supprimere iram,

Curt. 6, 7, 35:

altius aliquem percellere,

Tac. A. 4, 54:

altius metuere,

id. ib. 4, 41:

altius animis maerere,

id. ib. 2, 82:

cum verbum aliquod altius transfertur,

Cic. Or. 25, 82:

Altius omnem Expediam primā repetens ab origine famam,

Verg. G. 4, 285;

so,

Tac. H. 4, 12:

altius aliquid persequi,

Plin. 2, 23, 31, § 35:

hinc altius cura serpit,

id. 4, 11, 13, § 87.— Sup.:

qui vir et quantus esset, altissime inspexi,

Plin. Ep. 5, 15, 5.

altus, ūs, m. [alo], a nourishing, support:

terrae altu,

Macr. S. 1, 20 fin.

hărundo (better than ărundo, Bramb. s. v.; Wagn. Orthog. Verg. p. 441; Rib. Prol. Verg. p. 422, though the latter is freq. in MSS. and edd.; v. infra), ĭnis, f. [etym. dub.; perh. from root ar-, to set in motion; Sanscr. aras, swift; aranjas, a wood, as that which grows; cf.: ulmus, ulva, alnus, Corss. Ausspr. 1, 530 sq.].

Prop., the reed, cane (taller than canna; cf.

also: culmus, calamus, stipula),

Cato, R. R. 6, 3; Plin. 16, 36, 64, § 156 sqq.:

intus medullam sabuci (habent)... inanitatem harundines,

id. 13, 22, 42, § 122:

longa parvae sub arundine cannae,

Ov. M. 8, 337:

fluvialis,

Verg. G. 2, 414;

used for covering or thatching huts and houses,

Plin. 16, 36, 64, § 156; Vitr. 2, 1, 3;

esp. in encampments: casae ex harundinibus textae,

Liv. 35, 27, 3 Weissenb.:

teneris harundinum radicibus contusis equos alere,

Caes. B. C. 3, 58, 3.—Prov.:

arundo vento agitata,

Vulg. Matt. 11, 7; Luc. 7, 24:

arundinem quassatam non confringet,

ib. Matt. 12, 20. —

Meton. of any thing made of reed or cane.

A fishing-rod:

hisce hami atque haec harundines sunt nobis quaestu,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 5:

haec laqueo volucres, hacc captat arundine pisces,

Tib. 2, 6, 23 Müll.:

hos aliquis tremula, dum captat arundine pisces, vidit,

Ov. M. 8, 217 Merk.; 13, 293; 14, 651.—

Limed twigs for catching birds:

parati aucupes cum harundinibus fuerunt,

Petr. 40, 6:

volucres, quas textis harundinibus peritus artifex tetigit,

id. 109, 7:

cantu fallitur ales, callida dum tacita crescit harundo manu,

Mart. 14, 218, 2 Schneidewin:

aut (si) crescente levis traheretur arundine praeda,

id. 9, 54, 3 id.:

ut qui viscatos populatur arundine lucos,

Sil. 7, 674:

harundine sumptā Faunus plumoso sum deus aucupio,

Prop. 4 (5), 2, 33.—

A wreath or crown made of reeds;

as the head of Priapus: ast inportunas volucres in vertice harundo terret fixa,

Hor. S. 1, 8, 6 B. and K.;

v. Orell. ad loc.—Esp. worn by river deities: (Tiberini) crines umbrosa tegebat harundo,

Verg. A. 8, 34 Rib.;

of the river Calydonius: inornatos redimitus arundine crines,

Ov. M. 9, 3:

subita cur pulcher arundine crines velat Hylas,

Val. Fl. 1, 218:

(Glaucus) caputque redimitus arundine,

Vell. Pat. 2, 83;

and of the Tiber: et arundinis altae concolor in viridi fluitabat silva capillo,

Sid. Paneg. Anthem. 333:

velatus harundine glauca Mincius,

Verg. A. 10, 205 Rib.—

The shaft of an arrow:

quod fugat obtusum est, et habet sub arundine plumbum,

Ov. M. 1, 471:

pennaque citatior ibat quae redit in pugnas fugientis arundine Parthi,

Sil. 10, 12; Cels. 7, 5, 2.—Hence (pars pro toto), an arrow:

inque cor hamata percussit arundine Ditem,

Ov. M. 5, 384; 8, 382; 10, 526;

11, 325: haeret lateri letalis harundo,

Verg. A. 4, 73 Rib. (Forbig. and Conington, arundo); id. ib. 7, 499.—

A pen:

neve notet lusus tristis harundo tuos,

Mart. 1, 3, 10:

inque manus chartae, nodosaque venit harundo,

Pers. 3, 11. The best came from Cnidus:

Cnidia,

Aus. Ep. 7, 49; and:

Acidalia,

Mart. 9, 14, 3.—

A reed pipe, shepherd's pipe, Pan-pipes, = surinx (an instrument made of several reeds, fastened together with wax, each successive reed somewhat shorter than the preceding):

junctisque canendo vincere arundinibus servantia lumina temptat,

Ov. M. 1, 684; cf. id. ib. 1, 707 sq.;

11, 154: agrestem tenui meditabor harundine Musam,

Verg. E. 6, 8; cf.:

compacta solitum modulatur harundine carmen,

id. Cul. 100:

nec crepuit fissa me propter harundine custos,

Prop. 4 (5), 7, 25.—

A flute (made of the kalamos aulêtikos, Theophr. 4, 12):

Satyri reminiscitur alter, quem Tritoniaca Latoüs arundine victum affecit poena,

Ov. M. 6, 384.—

A comb made of reed, which brought the threads of the web into their place:

stamen secernit arundo,

Ov. M. 6, 55.—

A reed for brushing down cobwebs:

ecferte huc scopas semulque harundinem,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 23.—

A kind of transverse bar along which vines were trained:

jugorum genera fere quatuor,... harundo, ut in Arpino,

Varr. R. R. 1, 8, 2.—

A rod (for beating, punishing):

ac me iterum in cellam perduxit, et harundinem ab ostio rapuit iterumque mulcavit,

Petr. 134.—

Splints for holding together injured parts of the body, Suet. Aug. 80.—

A measuring-rod, Prud. Psych. 826.—

A hobbyhorse, cane-horse, as a child's plaything:

equitare in harundine longa,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 248; cf.:

non erubuit (Socrates) cum, interposita arundine cruribus suis, cum parvulis filiolis ludens, ab Alcibiade risus est,

Val. Max. 8, 8 ext. 1.

longus, a, um, adj. [cf. langazô, longazô], long.

Lit.

In gen.:

longo interjecto intervallo,

Cic. Off. 1, 9, 30:

longissima epistula,

id. Att. 16, 11:

Rhenus longo spatio citatus fertur,

Caes. B. G. 4, 9:

proficisci longissimo agmine,

id. ib. 5, 31:

stant longis annixi hastis,

Verg. A. 9, 229:

umbilicus septem pedes longus,

Plin. 6, 34, 39, § 212:

longa folia habet fere ad tres digitos,

id. 27, 12, 86, § 110:

ferrum autem tres longum habebat pedes,

in length, Liv. 21, 8:

scrobes faciemus tribus pedibus longas,

Pall. 2, 10: longa navis, a war-ship, manof-war, on account of its shape, Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 11, 326 (Ann. v. 468 Vahl.); [p. 1077] Lentul. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 15, 5: longus versus, the heroic hexameter, Enn. ap. Cic. Leg. 2, 27, 68; Diom. p. 493 P.; Isid. Orig. 1, 38:

longa atque insignis honorum pagina,

Juv. 10, 57:

sesquipede est quam tu longior,

taller, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 58:

longus homo, i. q. longurio,

a tall fellow, long-shanks, Cat. 67, 47; so,

Maura,

Juv. 10, 223: longa manus, a long, far-reaching, mighty hand:

an nescis longas regibus esse manus,

Ov. H. 17, 166;

on the contrary: attulimus longas in freta vestra manus,

unmutilated, uninjured, Prop. 3, 5, 14 (4, 6, 60).—

In partic., far off, remote, distant, = longinquus (post-Aug. and very rare):

remeans longis oris,

Sil. 6, 628:

longa a domo militia,

Just. 18, 1: longas terras peragrare, Auct. Decl. Quint. 320.—

Great, vast, spacious ( poet.):

pontus,

Hor. C. 3, 3, 37; 3, 27, 43:

Olympus,

Verg. G. 3, 223:

classemque ex aethere longo prospexit,

id. A. 7, 288:

caelum,

Ov. M. 6, 64.—

Transf., of time, long, of long duration or continuance, tedious:

in tam longa aetate,

Cic. de Sen. 19, 66:

vita longior,

id. Tusc. 1, 39, 94:

horae quibus exspectabam longae videbantur,

id. Att. 12, 5, 4:

uno die longior mensis,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 52, § 129:

longa interjecta mora,

Caes. B. C. 3, 69:

post longum tempus,

Sen. Contr. 7, 17, 2; 9, 28, 12:

per longum tempus,

Suet. Ner. 57:

vita,

Liv. 2, 40, 6; 9, 17, 6:

spatium (sc. temporis),

id. 9, 18, 10:

error,

protracted, id. 5, 33:

caedes,

id. 6, 8, 7:

longi aliorum principatus,

Tac. H. 2, 55:

longae pacis mala,

Juv. 6, 292:

bellum,

Quint. 3, 8, 56:

memoriam nostri longam efficere,

Sall. C. 1, 3:

morbus,

Liv. 27, 23, 6; Cels. 3, 1, 1:

longo tempore,

after a long interval, Verg. A. 3, 309; cf.:

longo post tempore,

id. E. 1, 29:

longa dies,

length of days, a long life, Juv. 10, 265:

longa syllaba,

Cic. de Or. 3, 47, 183:

littera,

id. Or. 48, 159:

syllabae,

Quint. 9, 4, 36:

vocalis,

id. 9, 4, 85:

longae pretium virtutis,

Luc. 2, 258:

longa Lethe,

id. 6, 769: in rebus apertissimis nimis longi sumus; Cic. Fin. 2, 27, 85:

exordium nimis longum,

Auct. Her. 1, 7, 11:

longior quam oportet sermo,

Quint. 8, 3, 53:

nulla de morte hominis cunctatio longa est,

Juv. 6, 221:

quantis longa senectus plena malis,

id. 10, 190; 14, 251.—Hence:

longum est,

it would take long, it would be tedious, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 60, § 156:

longum est ea dicere, sed hoc breve dicam,

id. Sest. 5, 12: experire;

non est longum,

id. Phil. 3, 2, 10:

arcessere tormenta longum videbatur,

Tac. H. 3, 71. —Ellipt., without inf., Cic. N. D. 1, 8, 19: ne longum sit, ne longum faciam, not to be tedious, to speak briefly:

ac, ne longum sit, Quirites, tabellas proferri jussimus,

id. Cat. 3, 5, 10:

ac ne longum fiat, videte,

id. Leg. 2, 10, 24:

ne longum faciam: dum tu quadrante lavatum Rex ibis,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 137: longius facere, to defer or put off any longer:

nihil opus est exemplis id facere longius,

Cic. Fin. 5, 6, 16; id. Leg. 1, 7, 22: nihil est mihi longius, nothing makes time seem longer to me than, i. e. I am full of impatience, can hardly wait for:

respondit, nihil sibi longius fuisse, quam ut me viderit,

id. Fam. 11, 27, 1; id. Verr. 2, 4, 18, § 39;

but: nec mihi longius quicquam est quam videre hominum voltus,

nothing is more tedious, id. Rab. Post. 12, 35: in longum, long, for a long time:

nec in longum dilata res,

Liv. 5, 16:

in longum dilata conclusio,

drawn out tediously, Quint. 8, 2, 22:

causando nostros in longum ducis amores,

Verg. E. 9, 56:

otium ejus rei haud in longum paravit,

Tac. A. 3, 27; 11, 20:

in longum sufficere,

id. H. 4, 22:

odia in longum jaciens, ia. A. 1, 69: nec in longius consultans,

id. H. 2, 95: per longum, for a long time:

per longum celata fames,

Sil. 2, 465: ex longo, for a long time back:

collecta fatigat edendi Ex longo rabies,

Verg. A. 9, 64: longa spes, that looks far ahead, reaching far into futurity:

vitae summa brevis spem nos vetat inchoare longam,

Hor. C. 1, 4, 15; Stat. Th. 1, 322.—Of persons, prolix, tedious:

nolo esse longus,

Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 101:

in verbis nimius et compositione nonnumquam longior,

Quint. 10, 1, 118:

(testis) longus protrahi potest,

id. 5, 7, 26:

longus spe ( = tardus et difficilis ad sperandum),

slow to hope, Hor. A. P. 172.— Hence, adv., in three forms.

Form longē, long, in length.

Lit., a long way off, far, far off, at a distance, Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 95: ab eo oppido non longe fanum est Junonis, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 46, § 103:

longe absum, audio sero,

id. Fam. 2, 7, 1:

quam longe est hinc in saltum Gallicanum,

id. Quint. 25, 79:

longe mihi obviam processerunt,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 27, § 65: longe lateque collucere, in length and breadth, i. e. far and wide, everywhere, id. N D. 2, 15, 40:

Di vim suam longe lateque dmundunt,

id. Div. 1, 36, 79:

longe gradi,

to take long steps, Verg. A. 10, 572:

Vercingetorix locum castris delegit ab Avarico longe millia passuum XVI.,

Caes. B. G. 7, 16:

Rhenum non longe a mari transire,

id. ib. 4, 1, 1:

tu autem abes longe gentium,

Cic. Att. 6, 3, 1; cf. id. Fam. 12, 22, 2.— Comp.:

fontes longius a praesidiis aberant,

Caes. B. C. 3, 49, 5:

longius non discedam,

Cic. Fam. 14, 2 fin.:

longius meare,

Col. 9, 8, 9.—

Trop.

Of time, long, for a long period (but, acc. to some, not in positive; and the foll. passages are to be understood locally; v. Forbig. ad Verg. A. 5, 406; 10, 317):

longe prospicere futuros casus,

Cic. Lael. 12, 40:

stupet Dares, longeque recusat,

Verg. A. 5, 406:

nec longe,

id. ib. 10, 317:

quae venientia longe ante videris,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 14, 29.— Comp.:

Varro vitam Naevii producit longius,

Cic. Brut. 15, 60:

paulo longius tolerare,

Caes. B. G. 7, 71, 4:

longius anno remanere,

id. ib. 4, 1, 7; Nep. Att. 2, 4; Sall. C. 29, 1.— Sup.: quamdudum in portum venis huc? Ep. Longissime, Plaut. Stich. 4, 1, 24:

quid longissime meministi in patria tua,

id. Men. 5, 9, 52:

quoad longissime potest mens mea respicere,

Cic. Arch. 1, 1.—

Of speech, long, at length, diffusely:

haec dixi longius quam instituta ratio postulabat,

Cic. Or. 48, 162:

longius aliquid circumducere,

Quint. 10, 2, 17.—

Longe esse, abesse.

To be far away, i. e. to be of no assistance, of no avail:

longe iis fraternum nomen populi Romani afuturum,

Caes. B. G. 1, 36:

longe illi dea mater erit,

Verg. A. 12, 52:

quam tibi nunc longe regnum dotale Creusae,

Ov. H. 12, 53:

longe conjugia, ac longe Tyrios hymenaeos Inter Dardanias acies fore,

Sil. 17, 80; Petr. 58.—

Longe esse ab aliqua re, to be far from, i. e. destitute of a thing:

ut ab eloquentia longissime fuerint,

Quint. 8 prooem. § 3.—

Widely, greatly, much, very much, by far; esp. with sup. and ( poet. and post-Aug. = multo) comp.:

errat longe,

Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 40:

longe ante videre,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 14; Liv. 1, 19, 12:

longe melior,

Verg. A. 9, 556:

minor,

Liv. 24, 28, 5:

longe acrius,

Tac. A. 4, 40:

praestantior,

Curt. 10, 3, 10; Suet. Calig. 5; Quint. 10, 1, 67:

tumultuosior,

Vell. 2, 74:

proelium longe magis prosperum,

id. 2, 51:

longe omnium longissima est,

Plaut. Most. 8, 3, 8:

longe nobilissimus,

Caes. B. G. 1, 2:

longe doctissimus,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 3:

longe plurimum ingenio valuisse videtur,

Cic. Brut. 14, 35:

longe princeps,

id. Fam. 13, 13:

longe praestare,

id. Brut. 64, 230:

ceteris antecellere,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 118:

anteponere alicui rei aliquid,

id. de Or. 1, 21, 98:

dissentire,

id. Lael. 9, 32 init.:

quod longe secus est,

id. ib. 9, 29 fin.:

longe aliter se habet ac,

id. Ac. 2, 31, 101:

longe dissimilis contentio,

id. Sull. 17, 49:

longe ante alias specie insignis,

Liv. 1, 9:

sciunt longe aliud esse virgines rapere, aliud pugnare cum viris,

id. 1, 12, 8:

longe mihi alia mens est,

Sall. C. 52, 2:

a quo mea longissime ratio... abhorrebat,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 4, § 10:

longissime diversa ratio est,

id. Phil. 5, 18, 49:

(istae facultates) longe sunt diversae,

id. de Or. 1, 49, 215:

longe omnes multumque superare,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 44, § 115:

longe et multum antecellere,

id. Mur. 13, 29.—Repeated:

plurimum et longe longeque plurimum tribuere honestati,

Cic. Fin. 2, 21, 68:

sed longe cunctis longeque potentior illa,

Ov. M. 4, 325; so Gell. 14, 1.—

In post-class. Lat. = valde:

longe gravis,

Stat. Th. 10, 140:

longe opulentus,

App. M. 1, p. 112, 1:

par studiis aevique modis sed robore longe (sc. impar),

far from equal, Stat. Achill. 1, 176.—

Form longĭter, far:

non, ut opinor, id a leto jam longiter errat,

Lucr. 3, 676.—

Form longum, long, a long while ( poet.):

nimis longum loquor,

Plaut. Ep. 3, 2, 40:

nimis diu et longam loquor,

id. Ps. 2, 3, 21:

nec longum laetabere,

Verg. A. 10, 740; Ov. M. 5, 65:

clamare,

Hor. A. P. 459; Juv. 6, 65; Stat. Th. 7, 300; 10, 467.

prō-lixus, a, um, adj. [laxus], stretched far out, long, broad (syn.: latus, spatiosus).

Lit. (not in Cic.):

capillus passus prolixus,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 49 Umpfenb. (Fleck. prolixe):

comae,

Ov. Tr. 4, 2, 34:

barba,

Verg. E. 8, 34 (Forbig. promissa):

caudae (opp. breves),

Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 3:

villi,

Col. 7, 3, 7:

arbores,

Varr. R. R. 1, 9, 5:

ramus,

Suet. Vesp. 5:

cervix,

Col. 7, 3, 7:

statura,

id. 1, 9, 3; cf.:

prolixo corpore erat,

Suet. Claud. 30:

tunicae,

Gell. 7, 12. — Comp.:

arator prolixior,

taller, stouter, Col. 1, 9, 3:

prolixiora quaedam nascuntur,

Varr. R. R. 1, 6, 4.—

Trop.

In gen., long, extended (ante- and postclass.):

prolixae aetatis homines,

i. e. of great age, Dig. 50, 6, 5 fin.; cf.:

prolixioris temporis spatium,

ib. 49, 14, 45:

non tam prolixo provolat ictu,

far-reaching, distant, Lucr. 4, 1245:

si cognitio prolixiorem tractatum habeat,

Dig. 33, 1, 13.— Sup.:

labor (with largus),

Jul. Val. Rer. Gest. Alex. M. 1, 57 Mai.— Neutr. adverb.:

prolixum ejulare,

greatly, violently, App. M. 8, p. 205, 15. —

In partic.

in speech, prolix (post-class.):

cujus exemplum, ne sim prolixus, omisi,

Macr. S. 3, 7 fin. —

Comprehensive in meaning (post-class.):

existimo longe esse amplius, prolixius, fusius in significandā totius prope civitatis multitudine mortales quam homines dixisse,

Gell. 13, 28, 3 —

Of circumstances, favorable, fortunate (class.): rebus secundis atque prolixis atque prosperis, Cato ap. Gell. 7, 3, 14:

cetera spero prolixa esse his duntaxat,

Cic. Att. 1, 1, 2.—

Of disposition and conduct, well-disposed, obliging, courteous (Ciceron.):

prolixa beneficaque natura,

Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 8:

animus libens et prolixus,

id. Att. 16, 16, C, 4:

Ariobarzanes in Pompeium prolixior,

id. ib. 6, 3, 5.—Hence, adv.: prō-lixē, largely, abundantly, copiously (class.):

capillus passus prolixe et circum caput Rejectus neglegenter,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 49 Fleck. (Umpfenb. passus prolixus):

prolixe cumulateque facere aliquid,

Cic. Fl. 36, 89:

prolixe et celeriter facere aliquid,

id. Att. 16, 16, A, §

6: prolixe fuseque laudare,

Gell. 5, 1, 2:

promittere,

Cic. Fam. 7, 5, 1:

in quo (delectu) parum prolixe respondent Campani coloni,

do not announce themselves in very great numbers, id. Att. 7, 14, 2:

arbores prolixe foliatae,

App. M. 4, p. 143, 15.— Comp.:

largius prolixiusque fruere,

Gell. 1, 22, 10:

fabulari,

id. 12, 1, 4:

accipit hominem prolixius,

Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 52:

fovere aliquem,

Suet. Tit. 7; cf.:

et factus in agoniā, prolixius orabat,

more earnestly, Vulg. Luc. 22, 44.

pŭsillus, a, um, adj. dim. [pusus], very little, very small, petty, insignificant (class.).

Lit.:

pueri,

Cato, R. R. 157, 10:

testis,

Cic. de Or. 2, 60, 145; cf. Hor. S. 1, 5, 69:

terra homines nunc educat pusillos,

Juv. 15, 70:

mus,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 4, 15:

villula valde pusilla,

Cic. Att. 12, 27, 1:

folia (herbae),

Plin. 25, 13, 103, § 162: epistula, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 23:

pusilli et contempti libelli,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 75, § 185:

cui satis una Farris libra foret, gracili sic tamque pusillo,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 69:

vox,

small, thin, weak, Quint. 11, 3, 32:

habuimus in Cumano quasi pusillam Romam,

Cic. Att. 5, 2, 2.— Comp.:

maritus quovis puero pusillior,

App. M. 5, p. 163, 5:

pusillo animo,

Vulg. Col. 3, 21.— Absol.: pŭsillum, i, n., a very little, a trifle: nactus pusillum laxamenti, Treb. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 16, 3:

aphaca pusillo altior lenticula est,

a trifle taller, Plin. 27, 5, 21, § 38:

pusillum a vero discedere,

a little, Quint. 8, 6, 28; cf. Cato, R. R. 90:

post pusillum,

after a little, Vulg. Judith, 13, 11; id. Luc. 22, 58.—

Trop., little, small, petty, paltry:

animus,

a petty spirit, Cic. Fam. 2, 17, 7; Sen. Ira, 3, 43, 4:

Siculus ille capitalis, creber, acutus, brevis, paene pusillus Thucydides,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 11 (13), 4; Mart. 3, 62, 8:

pusilli animi,

little courage, diffidence, Hor. S. 1, 4, 17:

ingenium,

Mart. 9, 51, 1:

causa,

trifling, Ov. R. Am. 730:

res (opp. grandes),

Quint. 11, 3, 151:

quod dixi tamen, hoc leve et pusillum est,

Mart. 4, 43, 9:

causidicus,

Juv. 10, 121.

pŭsillus, a, um, adj. dim. [pusus], very little, very small, petty, insignificant (class.).

Lit.:

pueri,

Cato, R. R. 157, 10:

testis,

Cic. de Or. 2, 60, 145; cf. Hor. S. 1, 5, 69:

terra homines nunc educat pusillos,

Juv. 15, 70:

mus,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 4, 15:

villula valde pusilla,

Cic. Att. 12, 27, 1:

folia (herbae),

Plin. 25, 13, 103, § 162: epistula, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 23:

pusilli et contempti libelli,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 75, § 185:

cui satis una Farris libra foret, gracili sic tamque pusillo,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 69:

vox,

small, thin, weak, Quint. 11, 3, 32:

habuimus in Cumano quasi pusillam Romam,

Cic. Att. 5, 2, 2.— Comp.:

maritus quovis puero pusillior,

App. M. 5, p. 163, 5:

pusillo animo,

Vulg. Col. 3, 21.— Absol.: pŭsillum, i, n., a very little, a trifle: nactus pusillum laxamenti, Treb. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 16, 3:

aphaca pusillo altior lenticula est,

a trifle taller, Plin. 27, 5, 21, § 38:

pusillum a vero discedere,

a little, Quint. 8, 6, 28; cf. Cato, R. R. 90:

post pusillum,

after a little, Vulg. Judith, 13, 11; id. Luc. 22, 58.—

Trop., little, small, petty, paltry:

animus,

a petty spirit, Cic. Fam. 2, 17, 7; Sen. Ira, 3, 43, 4:

Siculus ille capitalis, creber, acutus, brevis, paene pusillus Thucydides,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 11 (13), 4; Mart. 3, 62, 8:

pusilli animi,

little courage, diffidence, Hor. S. 1, 4, 17:

ingenium,

Mart. 9, 51, 1:

causa,

trifling, Ov. R. Am. 730:

res (opp. grandes),

Quint. 11, 3, 151:

quod dixi tamen, hoc leve et pusillum est,

Mart. 4, 43, 9:

causidicus,

Juv. 10, 121.

sū̆prā (orig. form sŭpĕrā, Lucr. 1, 429; 4, 672; 5, 1407; Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 42, 106; cf. Prisc. pp. 980 and 1001 P.), adv. and prep. [superus].

Adv., on the upper side, on the top, above.

Lit., of place:

omnia haec, quae supra et subter, unum esse dixerunt,

Cic. de Or. 3, 5, 20:

partes eae, quae sunt infra quam id, quod devoratur, dilatantur, quae autem supra, contrahuntur,

id. N. D. 2, 54, 135:

magno numero jumentorum in flumine supra atquo infra constituto,

Caes. B. C. 1, 64; and:

et mare, quod supra, teneant, quodque alluit infra,

Verg. A. 8, 149:

oleum supra siet,

Cato, R. R. 119; 101:

cotem illam et novaculam defossam in comitio supraque impositum puteal accepimus,

Cic. Div. 1, 17, 33:

toto vertice supra est,

i. e. is taller, Verg. A. 11, 683: ut letata corpora vidit Victoremque supra hostem, i. e. lying or stretched over them, Ov. M. 3, 56; cf.:

stupet inscia supra,

Verg. A. 7, 381.— Comp.:

alia superius rapiuntur,

upward, on high, Sen. Q. N. 5, 8, 3: piscina superius construenda, Pall. 1, 34, 2 (opp. subterius, Isid. 16, 8, 4).—

Trop.

Of time, before, formerly, previously (esp. of any thing previously said or written):

quae supra scripta est,

Cato, R. R. 157, 2:

quod jam supra tibi ostendimus,

Lucr. 1, 429:

quae supra dixi,

Cic. de Or. 3, 55, 208:

quae supra scripsi,

id. Fam. 6, 10, 2:

quem supra deformavi,

id. Caecin. 5, 14:

uti supra demonstravimus,

Caes. B. G. 2, 1:

ut supra dixi,

Cic. Rep. 2, 4, 9; id. Lael. 4, 15; 14, 48:

ut supra scripsi,

Plin. Ep. 6, 27, 5:

de quo (filio) commemoravi supra,

Nep. Dion, 6, 2:

supra repetere,

farther back, from past times, Sall. C. 5, 9; id. J. 5, 3; Tac. A. 16, 18.— Comp.:

quantum valerent inter homines litterae, Dixi superius,

before, farther back, Phaedr. 4, 23, 2: ut superius demonstravimus, Auct. B. Hisp. 28, 4; 34, 5.—

Of number or measure, beyond, over, more:

supra adjecit Aeschrio,

offered higher, more, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 33, § 77:

amor tantus ut nihil supra possit,

id. Fam. 14, 1, 4:

ita accurate, ut nihil posset supra,

id. Att. 13, 19, 3:

nihil pote supra,

Ter. Ad. 2, 3, 11:

voltu Adeo modesto, ut nihil supra,

id. And. 1, 1, 93; id. Eun. 3, 1, 37:

nihil supra Deos lacesso,

Hor. C. 2, 18, 11.—After et or aut ( poet. and post-class.):

agrum fortasse trecentis Aut etiam supra nummorum milibus emptum,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 165:

quot illum putas annos secum tulisse? Septuaginta et supra,

Petr. 43 fin.:

tricena aut supra stipendia numerantes,

Tac. A. 1, 35:

a triginta annis et supra,

Vulg. Num. 4, 23; 4, 30; 4, 35 (cf. II. B. 2. infra).—

With quam, less freq. quod, above or beyond what, more than:

saepe supra feret, quam fieri possit,

Cic. Or. 40, 139:

corpus patiens inediae, algoris, vigiliae, supra quam cuiquam credibile est,

Sall. C. 5, 3; id. J. 24, 5:

dominandi supra quam aestimari potest avidissimus,

Aur. Vict. Epit. 1 med.:

supra quam optari potuit,

Amm. 17, 1, 12:

supra quod capere possum,

Dig. 32, 1, 28.—

Prep. with acc., above, over.

Lit., of place:

si essent, qui sub terrā semper habitavissent... nec exissent umquam supra terram,

Cic. N. D. 2, 37, 95:

ille qui supra nos habitat,

Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 38:

supra tribunal et supra praetoris caput,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 33, § 77:

supra eum locum,

Caes. B. C. 2, 9:

supra se in summo jugo,

id. B. G. 1, 24:

accubueram horā nonā... et quidem supra me Atticus, infra Verrius,

Cic. Fam. 9, 26, 1:

saltu supra venabula fertur,

Verg. A. 9, 553:

supra segetes Navigat,

over the cornfields, Ov. M. 1, 295:

attolli supra ceteros mortales,

Plin. 34, 6, 12, § 27 (dub.;

Jahn, super): supra lignum turba insilit,

Phaedr. 1, 2, 20:

ecce supra caput homo levis ac sordidus,

i. e. burdensome, annoying, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 6; so,

supra caput esse,

to be close at hand, Sall. C. 52, 24; cf. Verg. A. 3, 194; Liv. 3, 17, 4; 4, 22, 6; Tac. H. 4, 69; Sen. Ep 108;

rarely supra capita,

Liv. 42, 42, 6.—

In partic., of geographical position, above, beyond: supra Maeotis paludes, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 5, 17, 49 (Epigr. v. 7, p. 163 Vahl.):

supra Suessulam,

Liv. 23, 32, 2:

Syene oppidum, quod est supra Alexandriam quinque millibus stadiorum,

Plin. 2, 73, 75, § 183;

supra Britanniam,

id. 2, 97, 99, § 217. —

Trop.

Of time, before:

paulo supra hanc memoriam,

Caes. B. G. 6, 19; supra septingentesimum annum, Liv. praef. § 4.—

Of number, degree, or quantity.

With numbers, = plus, amplius (not in Cic. or Cæs.), over, above, beyond, more than:

supra quattuor milia hominum orabunt ut, etc.,

Liv. 43, 3, 2:

caesa eo die supra milia viginti,

id. 30, 35, 3; 3, 31, 4:

supra septem milia hominum domos remisit,

id. 21, 23, 6; 23, 17, 2; 23, 37, 11 sq.; 23, 49, 13; Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 17; 3, 6, 1; 3, 7, 11:

supra duos menses sapor ejus non permanet integer,

Col. 12, 49, 3:

tres (cyathos),

Hor. C. 3, 19, 15.—

In gen.:

quibus solida ungula, nec supra geminos fetus,

Plin. 11, 40, 95, § 233; cf.:

de floribus supra dictus scripsit Theophrastus,

besides, id. 21, 3, 9, § 13:

hominis fortunam,

Cic. Leg. 2, 16, 41:

ratio supra hominem putanda est deoque tribuenda,

id. N. D. 2, 13, 34:

potentia, quae supra leges se esse velit,

id. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 17, 6:

humanam supra fortunam,

Phaedr. 4, 24, 24:

supra Coclites Muciosque id facinus esse,

Liv. 2, 13, 8:

modum,

id. 21, 7, 7; Col. 4, 27, 4:

vires,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 22: humanam fidem Plin. 34, 7, 17, § 38: morem, Verg. G. 2, 227; Sall. C. 3, 2:

supra belli Latini metum id quoque accesserat, quod,

besides, Liv. 2, 18, 3.—Prov.:

supra homines, supra ire deos pietate,

i. e. to attain the highest degree, Verg. A. 12, 839 Heyne ad loc.—

Sometimes to indicate that over which one is placed as superintendent (mostly postclass.):

dispositi, quos supra somnum habebat,

watchers, Curt. 6, 11, 3:

qui supra bibliothecam fuerunt,

Vitr. 7, praef. §

5: servus supra rationes positus,

Pseudo Quint. Decl. 353:

SVPRA INSVLAS,

Inscr. Orell. 721 and 2927:

SVPRA IVMENTA,

ib. 2870:

SVPRA VELARIOS,

ib. 2967:

SVPRA COCOS,

ib. 2827; Inscr. Grut. p. 1111, 1.—

Compounds formed with supra are extremely rare. In late Lat. supradictus, suprafatus, suprafundo, suprajacio, supranatans, suprasedeo, etc., are found, but here supra is properly written separately as an adv.; only suprascando (v. h. v.), on account of its signif., is to be written as one word.

ENG taller falanouc

NLD grote falanoek

GER Großfalanuk

FRA falanouc