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
- P
Eunuchus
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...primum puto, accipit homo nemo meliu' prorsu' neque prolixius. CH. mirum ni illoc homine quoquo pacto opust..." - A
Liber XIII
Aulus Gellius
"...caeco esse iudicio facit, longe longeque esse amplius, prolixius, fusius in significanda totius prope civitatis multitudine "mortales" quam..." - A
Liber XII
Aulus Gellius
"...labore ac uigilia somnum capere cognouit, fabulari instituit prolixius et: 'nihil' inquit 'dubito, quin filium lacte suo nutritura..." - A
Liber II
Aulus Gellius
"...totum, quod "septentriones" dicimus, significet, scire" inquam "id prolixius volo."6 Tum quispiam..." - G
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..."
