English

Alternative forms

• lunge (UK)

Verb

longe ‎(third-person singular simple present longes, present participle longeing, simple past and past participle longed)

1. (US) To work a horse in a circle at the end of a long line or rope.

Translations

Noun

longe ‎(plural longes)

1. A long rope or flat web line, more commonly referred to as a longe line, approximately 20-30 feet long, attached to the bridle, longeing cavesson, or halter of a horse and used to control the animal while longeing.
2. (obsolete) A lunge; a thrust.

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3. The training ground for a horse.

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Translations

References

• “longe” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlonɡe/
• Hyphenation: lon‧ge
• Rhymes: -onɡe

Adverb

longe

1. lengthily

Derived terms

• mallonge

French

Pronunciation

Verb

longe

1. first-person singular present indicative of longer
2. third-person singular present indicative of longer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of longer
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of longer
5. second-person singular imperative of longer

Interlingua

Adjective

longe ‎(comparative plus longe, superlative le plus longe)

1. long

Latin

Etymology

From longus ‎(“far, long”) + -ē. Compare English long and Icelandic langt and lengi.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈlon.ɡeː/

Adverb

longē ‎(comparable longius, superlative longissimē)

1. (of space) long, a long way off, far, far off, at a distance

   Longe absum.

   I’m far away.

   Longe absum ab ejus crimine.

   I’m far away from my crimes.

2. (of time) long, for a long period of time
3. widely, greatly, much, very much

Synonyms

• (far): longiter

Derived terms

• longē sum

Related terms

Descendants

References

• longe in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• longe in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “longe”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to be far from town: longe, procul abesse ab urbe
    
  • (ambiguous) far and wide; on all sides; everywhere: longe lateque, passim (e.g. fluere)
    
  • (ambiguous) the case is exactly similar (entirely different): eadem (longe alia) est huius rei ratio
    
  • (ambiguous) this is quite another matter: hoc longe aliter, secus est
    
  • (ambiguous) a wide-spread error: error longe lateque diffusus
    
  • (ambiguous) to be quite uncivilised: ab omni cultu et humanitate longe abesse (B. G. 1. 1. 3)
    
  • (ambiguous) Pythagoras' principles were widely propagated: Pythagorae doctrina longe lateque fluxit (Tusc. 4. 1. 2)
    
  • (ambiguous) to go a long way back (in narrative): longe, alte (longius, altius) repetere (either absolute or ab aliqua re)
    
  • (ambiguous) to foresee political events long before: longe prospicere futuros casus rei publicae (De Amic. 12. 40)
    

Neapolitan

Adjective

longe

1. feminine plural of luongo

Old English

Alternative forms

• long
• lang

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *langaz ‎(“long”), from Proto-Indo-European *dl̥h₁gʰós ‎(“long”).

Adjective

longe

1. long

Adverb

longe

1. long

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese longe, from Latin longe.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlõ.ʒɨ/

Adverb

longe (comparative mais longe superlative o mais longe)

1. far, a long way

Antonyms

• perto