longinquus

Latin

Etymology

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 αλλοδ-απός (allod-após), ποδ-απός (pod-após) (their first parts here correspond to Latin aliud, quod) etc.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /lonˈɡin.kʷus/, [ɫɔŋˈɡɪŋ.kʷʊs]

Adjective

longinquus (feminine longinqua, neuter longinquum); first/second declension

long, extensive; far off, distant, remote
living far off, foreign, strange
prolonged, continued, lasting, tedious, long
old, ancient
far-fetched, remote

Inflection

First/second declension.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular			Plural
nominative	longinquus	longinqua	longinquum	longinquī	longinquae	longinqua
genitive	longinquī	longinquae	longinquī	longinquōrum	longinquārum	longinquōrum
dative	longinquō	longinquae	longinquō	longinquīs
accusative	longinquum	longinquam	longinquum	longinquōs	longinquās	longinqua
ablative	longinquō	longinquā	longinquō	longinquīs
vocative	longinque	longinqua	longinquum	longinquī	longinquae	longinqua

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

Portuguese: longínquo
Spanish longincuo

References

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, London: Macmillan and Co.
- distant nations: longinquae nationes
Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume I, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 24

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