longinquus — Lewis & Short
longinquus, a, um, adj.longus,
I long, extensive.
I Lit., in space.
A In gen. (rare):
linea,Plin. 9, 17, 26, § 59:
aequora,Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 363:
amnes,Tac. A. 1, 9.—
B In partic.
1 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.—
2 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.—
II Transf., of time.
A 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.—
B In partic.
1 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.—*
2 Old, ancient:
monumenta,Plin. 13, 12, 26, § 83. —
3 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.).
1 A long way off, far away: longinque ab domo bellum gerentes, Enn. ap. Non. 515, 14 (Trag. v. 103, Vahl.).—
2 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.—
b After a long interval:
historiam scripsere Pictor incondite, Sisenna longinque,Fronto Ep. ad Ver. 1 Mai.