longinquus
Latin Edit
Etymology Edit
From long(us) (“long, far”) + (h)inc (“hence”) + -uus. Compare propinquus.
Or the ending may come from some Proto-Indo-European *-n̥kʷo- seen in Ancient Greek ἀλλοδ-απός (allod-após), ποδ-απός (pod-após) (their first parts here correspond to Latin aliud, quod) etc. See also Proto-Germanic *-ungō.
Pronunciation Edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /lonˈɡin.kʷus/, [ɫ̪ɔŋˈɡɪŋkʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /lonˈd͡ʒin.kwus/, [lon̠ʲˈd͡ʒiŋkwus]
Adjective Edit
longinquus (feminine longinqua, neuter longinquum, comparative longinquior, adverb longinquē or longinquō); first/second-declension adjective
- long, extensive; far off, distant, remote
- living far off, foreign, strange
- prolonged, continued, lasting, tedious, long
- old, ancient
- far-fetched, remote
Declension Edit
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | longinquus | longinqua | longinquum | longinquī | longinquae | longinqua | |
Genitive | longinquī | longinquae | longinquī | longinquōrum | longinquārum | longinquōrum | |
Dative | longinquō | longinquō | longinquīs | ||||
Accusative | longinquum | longinquam | longinquum | longinquōs | longinquās | longinqua | |
Ablative | longinquō | longinquā | longinquō | longinquīs | |||
Vocative | longinque | longinqua | longinquum | longinquī | longinquae | longinqua |
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References Edit
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 24
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “longinquus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 5: J L, page 406
Further reading Edit
- “longinquus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “longinquus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- longinquus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- distant nations: longinquae nationes
- distant nations: longinquae nationes