longus
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[edit] Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *dl̥h₁gʰós (“long”). Compare Ancient Greek λαγγάζω (langazō) and λογγάζω (longazō).
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[edit] Adjective
longus m. (feminine longa, neuter longum); first/second declension
- (of space) far, long; extended, prolonged
- (of time) long; tedious, laborious; long duration, continuance
- (of speech or writing) long-winded, lengthy
- great, vast, spacious
- remote, distant, far off.
[edit] Inflection
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case \ Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | longus | longa | longum | longī | longae | longa | |
| genitive | longī | longae | longī | longōrum | longārum | longōrum | |
| dative | longō | longae | longō | longīs | longīs | longīs | |
| accusative | longum | longam | longum | longōs | longās | longa | |
| ablative | longō | longā | longō | longīs | longīs | longīs | |
| vocative | longe | longa | longum | longī | longae | longa | |
- comparative: longior, superlative: longissimus
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[edit] References
- longus in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879
