English → Latin
“ample” in Latin
ampluslarge, spacious, roomy; abundant, ample; impetuous, violent, stronglaxuswide, spacious, roomy; yielding; loose, slack, freespatiōsusspacious, roomy; wide, longcapāxThat can contain or hold much; wide, large, spacious, capacious, roomy.; Susceptible, capable of, able, apt, fit for.benignuskind, good, friendly, pleasant; beneficent, obliging, bounteous; favorable, mildcōpiōsuscopious, plentiful, abundant; prolific; eloquentverbōsuswordy, verbose, prolixlongusfar, long; extended, prolonged (of space, in general); remote, distant, far off; great, vast, spacioussatisadequate, enough, plenty, satisfactory, sufficient; filled, satisfied
The English word ample itself goes back to Latin amplus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
ample
amplus: laxus (not narrow; roomy): spatiosus (roomy, spacious): capax (able to hold much). Often by satis; e.g., ample reason, satis causae: also gravis causa. An ample garrison, abunde magnum praesidium.
Liberal, etc., benignus.
Full (as in “an ample narrative”), copiosus, verbosus: longus. Vid: GREAT.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for ample?
- The usual Latin words for “ample” are amplus, laxus, spatiōsus; also capāx, benignus, cōpiōsus. 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.