Longinus

American  

[lon-jahy-nuhs] / lɒnˈdʒaɪ nəs /

noun

1. Dionysius Cassius a.d. 213?–273, Greek philosopher and rhetorician.

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Longinus British  

/ lɒnˈdʒaɪnəs, lɒnˈdʒɪnɪən /

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

• Longinean
  adjective

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Longinus

Experts said they believe the coin was likely discovered more than a decade ago in an area of current-day Greece where Brutus and his civil war ally, Gaius Cassius Longinus, were encamped with their army.

From New York Times ● Mar. 22, 2023

There are currently three lance-heads that are claimed by their owners to be the original Holy Lance of Longinus.

From Salon ● Mar. 4, 2016

The Holy Lance, or Spear of Destiny, was the iron pilum used by the Roman legionnaire Longinus to pierce Christ’s side as he hung on the cross, to see if he had died.

From Salon ● Mar. 4, 2016

It is the "setting sun" in a sense different from that intended by the critic Longinus, but no less true and significant.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol 1-98, 1850-1899 None by Various (magazine) Harper

Twelve lines of the poem are preserved in Tzetzes and Longinus.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" by Various