Longinus

[ lon-jahy-nuh s ]

/ lɒnˈdʒaɪ nəs /

noun

Dionysius Cas·sius

[kash-uh s] /ˈkæʃ əs/, a.d. 213?–273, Greek philosopher and rhetorician.

Related forms

Lon·gin·e·an

[lon-jin-ee-uh n] /lɒnˈdʒɪn i ən/, adjective

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Examples from the Web for longinus

Longinus here paused, and seemed for a time buried in meditation.
Zenobia|William Ware
Longinus, however, does not acknowledge any faculty of assent.
Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 4|Plotinos (Plotinus)
Longinus, while showing the relations of rhetoric and poetic, keeps the two apart; Dionysius draws them together.
Rhetoric and Poetry in the Renaissance|Donald Lemen Clark
They are known to us through his disciples Longinus and Plotinus chiefly.
History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2)|John William Draper

Longinus seems conscious of some strangeness in his language, making a quasi-apology in .
On the Sublime|Longinus

British Dictionary definitions for longinus

Longinus

/ (lɒnˈdʒaɪnəs) /

noun

Dionysius (ˌdaɪəˈnɪsɪəs). ?2nd century ad, supposed author of the famous Greek treatise on literary criticism, On the Sublime

Derived Forms

Longinean (lɒnˈdʒɪnɪən), adjective

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