sesquipedalis

sesquĭ-pĕdālis, e, adj.

I.

Of a foot and a half; one foot and a half in length, breadth, or diameter, Cato, R. R. 15, 2:

tigna,

Caes. B. G. 4, 17:

talea,

Col. 5, 9, 3:

mensura,

id. 9, 15, 4; 11, 2, 18; 11, 3, 48; Vitr. 5, 10; 10, 15, 4.—

II.

Poet. transf., to denote excessive length, half a yard long:

dentes,

Cat. 97, 5:

verba,

Hor. A. P. 97; Mart. 7, 14, 10.