longitudo Latin · revision 32172

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *dlongʰ-o-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ɫɔŋ.ɡɪˈtuː.doː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [lon̠ʲ.d͡ʒiˈtuː.do]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''longitūdō''' ''f'' (genitive longitūdinis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|longus|-tūdō|t1=long]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces [[m|la|longus]] to [[itc-pro|*(d)longo-]] and [[ine-pro|*dlongʰ-o-|t=long]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[goh|lang|t=long]] and [[non|langr|t=long]].^(de Vaan 2008) Its astronomical and geographical sense is a calque of [[grc|μῆκος|tr=mêkos|t=length]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The TLL dates it from Plautus,^(TLL) whose ''Amphitruo'' says that this night far surpassed another in length.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is linear extent or length, as Caesar gives the length of a side of Britain and the length and breadth of the Helvetians' territory, and ''in longitudinem'' is lengthwise.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Cicero uses it of the length of a journey, of lengthiness in a narrative, and of the length of time or of a day;^(OLD 2012) Terence has ''in longitudinem'' for the distant future.^(OLD 2012) The ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'' uses it of the long quantity of syllables.^(OLD 2012) Cicero's ''De natura deorum'' already speaks of the planet Venus ranging over the length and breadth of the zodiac.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In medieval Latin it means distance and geographical or astronomical longitude.^(Niermeyer 1976) English borrowed ''longitude'' in the late 14th century, in the senses length and longitude.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of the length of a night.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence of looking to the distant future.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of the length of a journey and of the zodiac.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar of the dimensions of territories.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 14th century – Borrowed into English as [[m|en|longitude]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Linear extent, [[m|en|length]];^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Stelten 1995)^(Wiktionary) ''in longitudinem'', lengthwise.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Stelten 1995)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Great length; the long side of an area.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Lengthiness of writing or speech, [[m|en|prolixity]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Length of time, [[m|en|duration]];^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) ''in longitudinem'', for the distant future.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(prosody)'' Long quantity of a syllable.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Distance; geographical or astronomical [[m|en|longitude]].^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[longaevitās]]

+ * [[longaevus]]

+ * [[longanimis]]

+ * [[longanimitās]]

+ * [[longanimiter]]

+ * [[longē]]

+ * [[longiloquium]]

+ * [[longinquē]]

+ * [[longinquitās]]

+ * [[longinquō]]

+ * [[latitudo|alt=lātitūdō]]

+ * [[en|longitude]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}