prolixe
Dictionary entries
- Entry →prolixus, prolixa -um, prolixior -or -us, prolixissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
luxuriant, extensive (growth); big/tall (man); generous; running smoothly;; lengthy/copious (writings); extended, wide; long, drawn-out; ample/abundant;
voc. sg. (m.) - Entry →prolixe, prolixius, prolixissime:
Adverb
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
so as to extend a long way in space; at length, in detail; in large quantity;; amply; lavishly, generously, wholeheartedly, without let/skimping/reserve;
Examples
- P
Adelphoe
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...exorem. MI. Vis est haec quidem. Age prolixe, Micio. MI. Etsi hoc mihi prauom ineptum absurdum atque alienum..." - A
Liber V
Aulus Gellius
"...errorum atque vitiorum medicinas ferunt, laxamentum atque otium prolixe profuseque laudandi non habet. Quisquis ille est, qui audit..." - P
Liber IV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...dolore iraque et priorum temporum necessitatibus, censuit Mucianus prolixe pro accusatoribus; simul eos qui coeptam, deinde omissam actionem..." - G
Panegyricus
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger)
"...argentum, quam favor hominum exprimat teneatque. Quod quidem prolixe tibi cumulateque contingit, cuius laetissima facies et amabilis vultus..."
