Longus found an incomparable translator in Jacques Amyot, bishop of Auxerre, whose French version, as revised by Paul Louis Courier, is better known than the original.
It has been suggested that the name Longusis merely a misreading of the last word of the title [Greek: Lesbiakon erotikon logoi d'] in the Florentine MS.
Longwy (Longus vicus) came into the possession of the French in 1678 and was at once fortified by Vauban.
In other cases there is no history of injury, but whenever the foot is everted the tendon of the peroneus longus is liable to be jerked forwards out of its groove, sometimes with an audible snap.
The palmaris longus is anastomosed with the abductor pollicis longus (extensor ossis metacarpi pollicis), thus securing a fair amount of abduction of the thumb.
Ossification in the adductorlongus was first described by Billroth under the name of "rider's bone.
The introduction contains an account of Longus and his translators.
So far as any influence on the evolution of the subsequent Arcadia was concerned, Longus might as well never have written of the pastures of Lesbos.
In the anterior tibial and peroneal groups the faradic irritability is much diminished, that in the peroneus longus being the lowest of all.
Contraction can be induced in the extensor longus hallucis, extensor longus digitorum, and peroneus brevis; but reaction is doubtful in the case of the tibialis anticus and peroneus longus.
The triceps supinator longus and extensor carpi radialis longior were perfect.
Of the early romances, the most desirable is doubtless the "Daphnis and Chloe" of Longus who wrote early in the Christian era.
If the custodian of the Laurentian Library at Florence should efface, from his Longus manuscript, Paul Louis Courier's puddle of ink, he would commit an act of vandalism, for that ink stain is a literary celebrity.
The pull upon the flexor longus hallucis which runs along the inside border of the foot, gives rise to the bunion by pulling the big toe outward--in the direction of least resistance.
The pressure upon the tendons of the flexor longus digitorum pedis causes the smaller toes to bend somewhat, and this gives rise to projecting angular points on which corns readily form.
Some mediums can, it is said, dislocate the tendon of the flexor longus hallucis onto the edge of its grove and then bring it back with a snap.
More important than this, however, is the fact that the tendon of the flexor longus hallucis runs along the inner border of the foot and is particularly affected by the yielding of the arch.
The pressure put upon the flexor longus hallucis will have a tendency to cause this, for it is over-stretched by the yielding of the arch and keeps constantly pulling on the big toe until that member has a distinct flexion outwards.
The flexor longus digitorum has a tendency to cause a bending of the small toes, and as it also runs across the foot it pulls the toes somewhat inward, that is, toward the big toe.
The tendon of the flexor digitorumlongus cut; f f f, its digital ends.
The tendon of the flexor longus communis digitorum muscle.
In the lower part of the leg, and on the dorsum of the foot, it will be found between the extensor longus pollicis, and extensor communis tendons, the former being taken as a guide for the incision.
The tendon of the flexor longus digitorum muscle, subdividing into f f f f, tendons for the four outer toes.
In the middle of the leg, the vessel passes between the extensor longus pollicis, and the tibialis anticus muscles.
At the bend of the elbow, the brachial artery usually occupies the middle point between e, the inner condyle of the humerus and the external margin of the supinator radii longus muscle, G.
The floor of the space is formed from without inward by the ilio-psoas pectineus and the adductorlongus muscles.
Tendon of the flexor hallucis longus muscle sending a strong vinculum to that of the flexor profundus muscle, the tendon of which goes to the third toe only.
At the level of the ankle-joint the tibialis posticus and flexor longus digitorum tendons lie just behind the internal malleolus, while the peroneus longus and brevis are behind the external.
On the dorsum of the hand there is a plexus of veins, and deep to these the tendons of the extensor longus digitorum stand out when the wrist and fingers are extended.
Internal to the skin is the fleshy mass made by the tibialis anticus and extensor longus digitorum muscles.
The treatment planned for this case of isolated contracture of the supinator longus was surgical operation of the irritative focus.
If the patient inclined his head to the right, extended his hand at the wrist, and flexed the fingers forcibly, he could then flex the forearm somewhat, and a slight tension of the biceps and supinatorlongus developed.
Paralysis of motion was complete except for the extensor longus of the thumb.
Why should the supinator longus alone of the Duchenne-Erb group be affected?
In January he was chloroformed again and two long incisions were made along the internal border of the supinator longus and along the ulnar border of the forearm.
IV and extensor hallucis longus and mostly proximal to M.
II and flexor digitorum longus emerge from the distal end of the tendon of M.
In Man and the Anthropoid Apes the malleus has a rounded head, a short neck, and the manubrium, a processus longus and a processus brevis.
Among Ruminants they are chiefly remarkable for the development of a broad lamellar expansion between the head and the processuslongus of the malleus.
The flexors of the toes, the tibialis posterior, and the peroneus longus are shortened to a less degree.
In paralysis of the calf muscles alone, the tendons of the peronei or flexor digitorum longus may be divided and stitched to the calcaneus, to take the place of the tendo Achillis.
In the Surgical Museum at Edinburgh there is preserved a thumb and part of the flexor longus pollicis attached, which were avulsed simultaneously.
The left testicle lay on the tendon of the adductor longus in the left groin; it was not fully developed, but the patient had sexual desires, erections, and emissions.
In the beginning of the year, wherein Publius Scipio Africanus, a second time, and Tiberius Sempronius Longus were consuls, two ambassadors from the tyrant Nabis came to Rome.
He assigned to Tiberius Sempronius Longus the attack of a part of the suburbs, which was as thickly inhabited as the city itself.
Sempronius Longus was continued in command in Sardinia.
Boas, can compare with this "sweet and beautiful" romance of Longusin downright obscenity or deliberate laciviousness.
This fine old romance of Longus is as sweet and beautiful a love-story as ever skipped in prose.
Longus knew very well that nothing is so tempting to libertines as purity and ignorant innocence; hence he made purity and ignorant innocence the pivot of his prurient story.
And on studying the paintingLongus says: "I had a mighty instigation to write something as to answer that picture.
Longus senses the dual conception of Eros, in man and in nature, for the love of the two young shepherds is set in the teeming, growing life of the outer world, but he does not develop fully this subtle implication.
Compared with the other romances that of Longus is unique in type, characters, setting and structure.
With this delightful prayer, our humorous nympholept Longus begins his story.
Longus is sui generis, and so stands apart from the typical genre of the novels; in fact is a unique specimen of another type, the pastoral romance.
Longus "is not mentioned by any other writer before the Byzantine age, and himself mentions no historical name or event.
The early editions and translations show why Longus was so influential in Elizabethan England and indeed in the modern European literatures.
Out of all these interests in art, music and literature and beyond them Longus has created a style peculiarly his own and suited to his pastoral romance.
In Longus a peaceful atmosphere is created because there are few exciting events, little travel, only the study of the development of love in two adolescents in a quiet pastoral setting, but the expression is not adequate.
Longus wrote a Prooimion to his romance which reveals the occasion and the purpose of his writing.
The long tendons of the muscles for flexing the digits (the {13}flexor longus digitorum) differ generally in arrangement from those of the higher Primates.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "longus" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
