LONGUS, longus
Sounds Like: LON-goos
Translations: long, tall, far, distant, extensive, protracted, tedious
From the root: LONGUS
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is a Latin adjective meaning 'long'. It can refer to physical length, height (tall), or duration (protracted, tedious). It can also describe something that is far away or extensive in scope. It is commonly used to describe objects, distances, or periods of time.
Inflection: Nominative, Singular, Masculine. This is the basic form of the adjective, which inflects for gender, number, and case to agree with the noun it modifies.
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From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, LONGUS.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- LONGO — long, far, distant, a long time, for a long time, to/for/by/with/from a long (thing/person), I long for, I desire
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