prolixos
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. pl. (m.)
Examples
Liber IV
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...porro quoniam concretius aequo mittitur, aut non tam prolixo provolat ictu aut penetrare locos aeque nequit aut penetratum..."Divus Claudius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...stanti uel sedenti ac praecipue quiescenti, nam et prolixo nec exili corpore erat et specie canitieque pulchra, opimis..."
