oblongo

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /obˈlon.ɡoː/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /obˈlon.ɡo/,

From oblongus (“oblong”) +‎ -ō.

oblongō (present infinitive oblongāre, perfect active oblongāvī, supine oblongātum); first conjugation

1. (New Latin, transitive) to make oblong
   • 1653, F. Antonius Maria Galitius, Dilvcidatio speculi apologetici, page 359:

     Nam Frater Helias, non mutavit formam, aut novam instituit, sed tantummodò à sàncto Patre institutam magis oblongavit.

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   • 1804, Friedrich Colland, Fundamenta artis obstetriciae, page 48:

     In lecto enim quaelibet partum absolvere potest, in sella obstetricia autem solumodo tunc licet, si caput nimis grande, aut parturiens sellam jam consueta esset, quia caput grande ob propriam gravitatem facilius oblongatur, & citius, dum parturiens majori vi dolores elaborare valet, per exitum pelvis transit.

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Often found in the perfect passive participle form oblongātus with the adjectival sense "oblong".

• oblongātus

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

oblongō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of oblongus

Borrowed from Latin oblongus.

• Hyphenation: o‧blon‧go

oblongo (feminine oblonga, masculine plural oblongos, feminine plural oblongas)

1. oblong (longer than wide)

   Synonym: oblongado

• longo

Borrowed from Latin oblongus.

• IPA^(key): /oˈblonɡo/
• Rhymes: -onɡo
• Syllabification: o‧blon‧go

oblongo (feminine oblonga, masculine plural oblongos, feminine plural oblongas)

1. oblong

• “oblongo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28