Longus

British  

/ ˈlɒŋɡəs /

noun

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

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Example Sentences

The Rectus or Longus begins in the side of the four upper Vertebra's of the Back, and is join'd to the upper Vertebra's of the Neck, and the hinder part of the Head.

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

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

This Muscle, with the Longus, serves to turn the Arm and the Palm of the Hand upward, and produceth the Motion of Supination.

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

But, as certain tenacities are stronger than all others, Athos was forced to hear Planchet recite his idols of felicity, translated into a language more chaste than that of Longus.

From The Vicomte de Bragelonne Or Ten Years Later being the completion of "The Three Musketeers" And "Twenty Years After" by Dumas père, Alexandre

Meanwhile Longus had entrusted Sicily to his lieutenant and had come in response to Scipio's call.

From Dio's Rome, Volume 1 (of 6) An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek during the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form by Dio, Cassius