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

Example Sentences

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

The lines are open to interpretation, but from Longinus forward they are generally taken to indicate some profound loss of self in the desire for another.

From The New Yorker

The Spear of Longinus, which the Armenian Apostolic Church says is the lance stabbed into Jesus Christ’s side as he hung on the cross, was displayed on Saturday at the mother church complex of Etchmiadzin.

From Seattle Times

Gibbon alludes to passages in Strabo, Sallust, Seneca, Macrobius and Longinus, among many others.

From The Guardian

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