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perlongus

perlongus

very long

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What it meant

1. perlongus — de Vaan

perlongus 'very long' (P1.+). Pit *(d)longo. PIE *dlongh-o-. IE cognates: PIE *dolugh- in Hit. *taluki- I talugai- [adj.] 'long'; Hit. zaluhtu-21' £to lengthen' < *dlu^-n(e)u-\ PIE *dlh2gh-o- in Skt dirgha-> OAv. dardga-, OCS dlvgb, SCr. dug, Lith. llgas, Alb. gjate 'long' (+ *-ta-)\ Gr. δόλιχος (< *dolhri-gh-o-?), ενδελεχής Masting long, uninterrupted' < *delhigh-; PIE *dlongh-oin Go. laggs, OHG lang, OIc. langr, … — [de Vaan, s.v. perlongus, p. 362]

2. per-longus — Lewis & Short

per-longus, a, um, adj.,

I very long.
I Lit.: via, Cic. Att. 5, 20, 8: perlongum. adverb., for a very long time, very long, Aus. Epigr. 1, 7.—
II Transf., very tedious, Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 17.—Adv.: perlongē, a very long way off, very far: perlonge est, Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 61.

Where it came from

  • de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. perlongus (scan pp. 362-363; entry #937). Root candidates: *dolugh-, *taluki-, *delhigh-.

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