English → Latin
“bulk” in Latin
amplitūdōA wide extent; breadth, width, amplitude, size, bulk, multiplicity, abundance.; Greatness; dignity, grandeur, prestige, magnitūdōgreatness, size, bulk, magnitude; vastness, extent.; a great number, amount or quantity, abundance.mōlēsmultitude, mass (of material); size; rock, boulder, cliff, ridge, outcrop, knollambitusa going around, walking around; circuit; orbit, revolution, cyclespatiumspace, room, extent; distance between points; a square, walk, or promenademultitūdōA great number; multitude, numerousness.; A great number of people, crowd, mob, throng, multitude.prōcurrōto run or rush forwards; to advance; to jut outcrepīdōbasis; foundation; pedestal; base; ground; sidewalk; causeway;; embankment; dam; dikeprōiciōto throw, thrust, drive, fling or hurl forth, down, away or out; discharge, scatter; to stretch out, hold out, extend, piūslaw, right; subjective right, individual right; court of law
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
bulk
amplitudo, magnitudo; moles (mass). To sell by the bulk (i. e., without exact calculation or measurement), per aversionem or aversione vendere (Juris).
Compass, ambitus, spatium. The bulk of a ship, navis capacitas.
Main part, pars maxima, major numerus; multitudo.
Projection, procursus, crepido: projectura (Vitr.): projectum (Pandectae).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for bulk?
- The usual Latin words for “bulk” are amplitūdō, magnitūdō, mōlēs; also ambitus, spatium, multitūdō. 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.