longinquior

Latin

Adjective

longinquior (comparative, neuter longinquius); third declension

  1. comparative degree of longinquus
    • 106 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Cato Maior de Senectute 12.41:
      Quōcircā nihil esse tam dētestābile tamque pestiferum quam voluptātem, siquidem ea, cum maior esset atque longinquior, omne animī lūmen exstingueret.
      Therefore, nothing is so detestable or so destructive as sensual pleasure, since, if it were to become more intense and prolonged, it would extinguish all the light of the soul.
    • c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico VII.17:
      Ex longinquioribus vicis
      from the remoter villages

Declension

Third-declension comparative adjective.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative longinquior longinquius longinquiōrēs longinquiōra
genitive longinquiōris longinquiōrum
dative longinquiōrī longinquiōribus
accusative longinquiōrem longinquius longinquiōrēs
longinquiōrīs 		longinquiōra
ablative longinquiōre
longinquiōrī 		longinquiōribus
vocative longinquior longinquius longinquiōrēs longinquiōra
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