Longus

British  

/ ˈlɒŋɡəs /

noun

1. ?3rd century _ad , Greek author of the prose romance Daphnis and Chloe

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Example Sentences

The three extending Muscles of the Wrist are the Cubit�us Externus, and the Radi�us Externus or the Longus, and the Brevis.

From The Compleat Surgeon or, the whole Art of Surgery explain'd in a most familiar Method. by Le Clerc, Charles Gabriel

He has made excellent translations of Sophocles, Euripides, and of "Daphne and Chloe," that idyl of Longus that charmed both Goethe and Catherine II.

From Contemporary Russian Novelists by Persky, Serge

It goes back at least to the "Daphnis and Chloe" of Longus, the Byzantine romancer of the fifth century A.D.

From Rosalynde or, Euphues' Golden Legacy by Baldwin, Edward Chauncey

The Brevis or short Muscle of the Elbow arising from the hinder and upper-part of the Humerus, is fasten'd to the Olecranum with the Longus.

From The Compleat Surgeon or, the whole Art of Surgery explain'd in a most familiar Method. by Le Clerc, Charles Gabriel

Sempronius Longus, and princeps senatus, a distinction with which he had already been honored in B.C.

From Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 1 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)