#109. [Indefinite duration.] Course. —­ N. corridors of time, sweep of
time, vesta of time[obs3], course of time, progress of time, process of time, succession of time, lapse of time, flow of time, flux of time, stream of time, tract of time, current of time, tide of time, march of time, step of time, flight of time; duration &c. 106.
     [Indefinite time] aorist[obs3]. 
     V. elapse, lapse, flow, run, proceed, advance, pass; roll on, wear on,
press on; flit, fly, slip, slide, glide; run its course.
     run out, expire; go by, pass by; be -past &c. 122. 
     Adj. elapsing &c. v.; aoristic[obs3]; progressive. 
     Adv. in due time, in due season; in in due course, in due process, in
the fullness of time; in time. 
     Phr. labitur et labetur [Lat][Horace]; truditur dies die
[Lat][Horace]; fugaces labuntur anni [Lat][Horace]; “tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow creeps in this petty pace from day to day” [Macbeth].

     #110. [Long duration.] Diuturnity. —­ N. diuturnity[obs3]; a long
time, a length of time; an age, a century, an eternity; slowness &c. 275; perpetuity &c. 112; blue moon, coon’s age [U.S.], dog’s age.
     durableness, durability; persistence, endlessness, lastingness &c.
adj[obs3].; continuance, standing; permanence &c. (stability) 150 survival, survivance[obs3]; longevity &c. (age) 128; distance of time.
     protraction of time, prolongation of time, extension of time; delay
&c. (lateness) 133. 
     V. last, endure, stand, remain, abide, continue, brave a thousand
years.
     tarry &c. (be late) 133; drag on, drag its slow length along, drag a
lengthening chain; protract, prolong; spin out, eke out, draw out, lengthen out; temporize; gain time, make time, talk against time.
     outlast, outlive; survive; live to fight again. 
     Adj. durable; lasting &c. v.; of long duration, of long-standing;
permanent, endless, chronic, long-standing; intransient[obs3], intransitive; intransmutable[obs3], persistent; lifelong, livelong; longeval[obs3], long-lived, macrobiotic, diuturnal[obs3], evergreen, perennial; sempervirent[obs3], sempervirid[obs3]; unrelenting, unintermitting[obs3], unremitting; perpetual &c. 112.
     lingering, protracted, prolonged, spun out &c. v. long-pending, long-
winded; slow &c. 275. 
     Adv. long; for a long time, for an age, for ages, for ever so long,
for many a long day; long ago &c. (in a past time) 122; longo intervallo[It].
     all the day long, all the year round; the livelong day, as the day is
long, morning noon and night; hour after hour, day after day, &c.; for good; permanently &c. adj.