longisco

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

longisco, ĕre, v. n. inch. [longus],

to become long (perh. languisco = languidum fieri, frangi, to become faint, weak, languid ), Enn. ap. Non. 134, 19 (Ann. v. 480 Vahl.).