noun · femininethird declension
amplitūdō
amplitūdō f (genitive amplitūdinis)
Classical[am.plɪˈtuː.doː]Ecclesiastical[am.pliˈtuː.do]
Meaning
- A wide extent; breadth, width, amplitude, size, bulk, multiplicity, abundance.
- figurativelyGreatness; dignity, grandeur, prestige, distinction, consequence.
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | amplitūdō | amplitūdinēs |
| genitive | amplitūdinis | amplitūdinum |
| dative | amplitūdinī | amplitūdinibus |
| accusative | amplitūdinem | amplitūdinēs |
| ablative | amplitūdine | amplitūdinibus |
| vocative | amplitūdō | amplitūdinēs |
amplĭtūdo, ĭnis, f. amplus, in space,
I. wide extent, breadth, width, amplitude, size, bulk (class., but only in prose).
I. Lit.:
membrorum, Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 3: simulacrum modicā amplitudine, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 49: urbis, Liv. 7, 30: oppidum stadiorum LXX. amplitudine, Plin. 6, 26, 30, § 119: platanus adolescit in amplitudinem, id. 12, 1, 3, § 7: corporis, Plin. Ep. 6, 16, 3: Apollo amplitudinis et artis eximiae, Suet. Tib. 74: margaritarum, id. Caes. 47: valli, Tac. H. 4, 22: numeri, Gell. 19, 8, 12 al.—In plur.: amplitudines bonorum, Cic. Fin. 4, 7, 18.—II. Trop.
A. With gen., greatness:
animi, Cic. Tusc. 2, 26, 64: harum rerum splendor, amplitudo, id. Off. 1, 20, 67: rerum gestarum, Nep. Att. 18: fortunae, Plin. praef. 3: opum, id. 3, 4, 5, § 31.—In plur.: amplitudines virtutum, Gell. 4, 9.—B. Absol., dignity, grandeur, distinction, consequence (more general than dignitas, auctoritas, etc.; cf. Manut. ad Cic. Fam. 1, 5;
Hab. Syn. 363): amplitudo est potentiae aut majestatis aut aliquarum copiarum magna abundantia, Cic. Inv. 2, 55, 166: homines, in quibus summa auctoritas est et amplitudo, id. Rosc. Am. 1: majestas est amplitudo et dignitas civitatis, id. de Or. 2, 39: ad summam amplitudinem pervenire, id. Brut. 81, 281: amplitudinem suam retinere, id. Fam. 1, 4: amplitudinem alicujus augere, Liv. 39, 48 al.—C. In rhet., copiousness and dignity of expression:
in his finis est amplitudo, Cic. Inv. 2, 16 fin., which see in full: uberi dignitas atque amplitudo est, Gell. 6, 14, 3.—Specifically: amplitudo Platonis, Cic. Or. 1 fin., for the Gr. πλατύτης τῆς ἑρμηνείας (Diog. L. 3, 4), which is by Plin. Ep. 1, 10, more literally called Platonica latitudo.—So of metre: amplitudo dactyli ac paeonis, the fulness, richness, Quint. 9, 4, 136; cf. id. 5, 14, 30.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
amplitūdō inis, f
amplus, wide extent, width, amplitude, breadth, size, bulk: simulacrum modicā amplitudine: urbis, L.: soli, Ta.: amplitudines bonorum.—Fig., greatness: animi: rerum gestarum, N.—Dignity, grandeur, consequence: in quibus summa est: Aeduos in amplitudinem deducere, Cs.—In rhet., copiousness of expression: Platonis.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *h₃emh₃-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₃emh₃-lo-s Proto-Italic *amlos? Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts? Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰíder. Proto-Italic *amβi- Latin ambi- Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós Proto-Italic *plēnosder. Latin plēnus? Latin ambiplus? Latin amplus Proto-Indo-European *-tu- Proto-Indo-European *-d- Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Italic *-tūdō Latin -tūdō Latin amplitūdō From amplus (“great, large, ample”) + -tūdō.
Descendants
- Catalanamplitud
- Englishamplitude
- Frenchamplitude
- GermanAmplitude
- Italianamplitudine
- Portugueseamplidão
- Portugueseamplitude
- Romanianamplitudine
- Spanishamplitud
- Galicianamplitude
In English words that came into English from amplitūdō
- amplitudeamplitūdō
- amplitudinalamplitūdō