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1. longinquō, adv., v. longinquus fin.

2. longĭnquo, āre, v. a. [longinquus], to remove to a distance, put afar off (eccl. Lat.): deum a se, Claud. Mam. 1, 1; so Aug. in Psa. 34, Serm. 2, n. 6.

longinquus, a, um, adj. [longus], long, extensive.

  1. I. Lit., in space.
    1. A. In gen. (rare): linea, Plin. 9, 17, 26, § 59: aequora, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 363: amnes, Tac. A. 1, 9.
    2. B. In partic.
      1. 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. 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.
  2. II. Transf., of time.
    1. 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.
    2. B. In partic.
      1. 1. Long deferred, distant (rare): cum spe perrumpendi periculi, vel in longinquum tempus differendi, Cic. Part. Or. 32, 112: cumaut tempore longinqua aut praeceps periculo victoria esset, Liv. 9, 24, 2: spes longinqua et sera, Tac. A. 13, 37.
      2. * 2. Old, ancient: monumenta, Plin. 13, 12, 26, § 83.
      3. 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. 1. A long way off, far away: longinque ab domo bellum gerentes, Enn. ap. Non. 515, 14 (Trag. v. 103, Vahl.).
      2. 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.
        1. b. After a long interval: historiam scripsere Pictor incondite, Sisenna longinque, Fronto Ep. ad Ver. 1 Mai.