What is the Latin word for further?

The usual Latin words for “further” are longus, porrō, prōtinus; also ultrā, praetereā, iam. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“further” in Latin

longusfar, long; extended, prolonged (of space, in general); remote, distant, far off; great, vast, spacious porrōon, forward, onward; away, yonder; outwards, away, outside prōtinusimmediately, forthwith; forward, farther on, onward; continuously, constantly, uninterruptedly ultrābeyond praetereābesides; moreover; thereafter; henceforth; in addition; else; beyond iamalready; now; doubly emphatic: now — now, this very moment, this instant, any time now, as of now, now indeed autembut; while, however; on the other hand, on the contrary, whereas quĕpersonal accēdōto go or come toward, approach, reach; to advance, attack; to be added, join īnferuslow; the souls of the dead; the netherworld, the underworld, Hell

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

further adv.

(A) longius: porro: protinus (further on, forward; e.g., to advance, drive a flock, etc.): ultra (beyond that to which we have already advanced; ultra procedere; opposed to retro regredi; and especially of advancing beyond a certain point further in discussions, investigations, etc.: ☞ ulterius, in this sense, poetical and post-Augustan, prose): further below, infra: a little further below, paullo inferius. To advance further, longius progredi, procedere (PROP.); pergere, ad reliqua pergere (in speeches, etc.): my information goes no further, ulteriora non audio: to extend further (of an evil), latius disseminatum esse: to drive one’s cattle further, armentum porro agere: to advance further, longius provehere (transitively); longius provehi (intransitively): not to be able to advance any further, haerere: to delay (anything) further, longius, or ultra differre, or producere [SYN. between differre and producere in DELAY]: to advance further, procedere or progredi in aliqua re: to seek further for the causes, causas longius or altius repetere: nothing further, nihil amplius: to desire nothing further, nil ultra requirere: can cruelty be carried further? estne aliquid ultra, quo progredi crudelitas possit? (Cic.): I say nothing further, nihil dico amplius: I shall say nothing further on this subject, hac de re non plura scribam or dicam: and what further? quid porro? ☞ Ultra, from its comparative sense, is sometimes followed by quam: to advance further than is granted to man, ultra quam homini datum est progredi (Quint.); so, aliquid ultra quam satis est repetere (Cic.).

(B) (B) Further (as used in carrying on a discourse, to introduce an additional consideration, etc.), praeterea: ad hoc (moreover; besides): jam (now again; likewise, moreover; porro being sometimes added; e.g., jam id porro, utrum libentes an inviti dabant? Cic., ☞ Pr. Intr., ii, 861): autem (as particle of transition = δέ; ☞ Cic., Ecl., p. 66): que appended (☞ Cic., Ecl., p. 68): accedit (huc): accedit, quod: addendum eodem est, quod: adjice, quod (in adding an additional circumstance, etc., in narratives): porro (Vid: jam, above; “proprie non est ex altera parte, sed continuat narrationem, ita, ut etiam ad contraria transeat.” Kritz ad Jug., 25, 7, where, however, ☞ Fabri, and Pr. Intr., ii., p. 211, note 10).

further adj.

ulterior (opposed to citerior; e.g., ripa): longior: remotior (further off): disjunctior (further separated from the rest). To grant a further delay, diem laxius proferre (with reference to payments, trials, etc.).

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for further?: The usual Latin words for “further” are longus, porrō, prōtinus; also ultrā, praetereā, iam. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.