prolixius
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;
acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (n.)voc. sg. (n.) - 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
Eunuchus
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...primum puto, accipit homo nemo meliu' prorsu' neque prolixius. CH. mirum ni illoc homine quoquo pacto opust..."Liber XIII
Aulus Gellius
"...caeco esse iudicio facit, longe longeque esse amplius, prolixius, fusius in significanda totius prope civitatis multitudine "mortales" quam..."Liber XII
Aulus Gellius
"...labore ac uigilia somnum capere cognouit, fabulari instituit prolixius et: 'nihil' inquit 'dubito, quin filium lacte suo nutritura..."Liber II
Aulus Gellius
"...totum, quod "septentriones" dicimus, significet, scire" inquam "id prolixius volo."6 Tum quispiam..."Titus
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...saltationis, ut mox scaenam tenuerint, non modo fovere prolixius, sed spectare omnino in publico coetu supersedit. Nulli civium..."
