“far” in Latin

(a) (a) To denote distance in time or space, longe (τῆλε; at a great distance; far, far off; opposed to prope): procul (ἄποθεν, at some distance; opposed to juxta, close by; says less than longe, and mostly denotes objects that are within sight; Döderlein. Procul is the right word when we speak of a person’s doing anything at a distance, which is usually done near, etc.). Very far, in immensum (e.g., to shoot, throw, §c.): to be far from any place, longe or procul ab aliquo loco abesse: far from the town, procul oppido: to be far from each other, multum distare: a far distant place, locus longinquus: to see far, longe prospicere: to come from far, e longinqua or remota terra venire: it is just as far, tantundem viae est: till far in the night, in multam noctem: far and wide, longe lateque: to advance far in anything, multum proficere in re (to make great progress in it).

Too far, longius. To go too far in anything, longius progredi (PROP. and figuratively); tamquam lineas transire (figuratively, Cic., Parad., 3, 1, 20); in anything, nimium esse in aliqua re: modum excedere or non servare in aliqua re: not to go too far, modum retinere; modum facere alicui rei; in words, modum tenere verborum: to go too far in his censures, in vituperatione aequitati parum consulere: to push anything too far, nimis aliquid intendere, urgere, or persequi: to go too far back for anything, altius or longius repetere aliquid.

Far from (with participle substantive, and another verb): tantum abest (abfuit, etc., impers.) ut... ut (☞ the second ut is sts followed by etiam, quoque, or even contra; not by potius, except in a passage of Hirt., that is rendered suspected by the personal use of abfuerunt). ☞ Cic., sometimes adds a third ut; tantum abest ut nostra miremur, ut usque eo difficiles ac morosi simus, ut nobis non satisfaciat ipse Demosthenes, Or., 29, 104: adeo non... ut (contra); adeo nihil... ut (post-classical, Liv.). These words, far from having any weight with a single individual, hardly induced the people to respect the persons of the ambassadors, haec adeo nihil moverunt quemquam, ut legati prope violati sint: the Africans and Carthaginians, far from sustaining this attack, even etc., Afri et Carthaginienses adeo non sustinebant, ut contra etc. Sometimes non modo - sed (or verum) etiam (e.g., my grief, far from being lessened, is even increased, dolor meus non modo non minuitur, sed etiam augetur, Cic.). Far be it from me (us) etc.! dii meliora (sc. dent)! ne id deus siverit! haud nos id deceat! (after Plaut., Capt., 2, 1, 15): longe absit propositum illud! (after Quint., 6, 3, 28): haec absint velim (☞ not absit ut...!) (b) To mark the degree of excess or defect, longe: multo (by much, especially with comparative and superlative). To prefer anything far, longe anteponere: to be far superior, longe praestare or superare: to be far greater, multo or multis partibus majorem esse: the best by far, longe optimus: by far the greatest, longe maximus.

From far, procul: e longinquo.

Far off, longe: procul.

AS FAR AS, (a) of place, usque (with accusative only, or accusative with ad; e.g., usque Romam, usque ad Numantiam, both Cic.): as far as you (= as far as where you are), usque istuc: as far as my mind can look back, quoad longissime potest mens mea respicere: as far as the eye could reach, quo longissime oculi conspectum ferebant: as far as I remember, ut mea memoria est (Cic., Att., 13, 31): everybody may consult his own interests, as far as he can do it without injuring his neighbor, suae cuique utilitati, quod sine alterius injuria fiat, serviendum est: as far, at least, as I have heard, quod quidem nos audierimus. (b) ImPROP., of degree, etc. (up to the point that), quatenus (e.g., quatenus videtur habitari, Col., petentibus Saguntinis, ut, quatenus tuto possent, Italiam speculatum irent, Liv.): quantum (as much as; e.g., quantum audio, as far as I hear, Terentianus, Andr., 2, 5, 12): eatenus... quoad (e.g., jus civile eatenus exercuerunt, quoad populum praestare voluerunt, Cic., Leg., 1, 4). As far as I can, quoad ejus facere possum (potero, potuero): as far as possible, quoad ejus facere possit: as far as in me lies, quantum in or ad me: as far as usage allows, quoad patiatur consuetudo (Varr.): as far as they can be known by man, quoad ab homine possunt cognosci. ☞ The restrictive or exceptive “as far as” is commonly translated by quod with subjunctive. As far as you conveniently can, quod commodo tuo fiat: as far as I know, quod sciam.

HOW FAR, (1) dependent interrogative, quoad (e.g., videtis nunc, quoad fecerit iter apertius quam antea; implying that the degree was very considerable): quatenus (e.g., in omnibus rebus, videndum est, quatenus, Cic.): quanto (by how much; with comparative adverbs of degree, difference, etc.; videtote, quanto secus ego fecerim, how far otherwise or differently I acted, Cat., ap. Charis. p. 192, P.): quam longe (at what distance): quousque (e.g., quousque penetratura sit avaritia, Plin.). (2) Interrogatively, quousque? quousque tandem? (how long? also PROP. = “how far?” in Gell., cum decessero de ira, quousque degredi debeo? 1, 3).

SO FAR, eo: eo usque (up to such a point; only in the old language adeo): in tantum: tantum (up to such a quantity; so far): quoad (up to such a point, till.... etc.): hactenus: haec hactenus (when one concludes a speech, etc.). To carry or push it so far, eo usque adducere: he carried his arrogance and folly so far, eo insolentiae furorisque processit: his impudence went so far, that he held his province, etc., erat adhuc impudens, qui exercitum... teneret: So far on this subject, haec or de his hactenus: so far on the subject of divination, haec habui, quae de divinatione dicerem.