English → Latin
“elbow-room” in Latin
spatiumspace, room, extent; distance between points; a square, walk, or promenadefacultāsability to do any thing easily, skill, capacity, power; means, resources; opportunity, chancevagorto ramble, wander, stroll about, roam, rove; to waver, be unsettled
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
elbow-room
PROPR., *spatium, in quo libere or facile se movendi datur copia or facultas: locus laxior (Liv.).
IMPROPR., campus in quo late vagari or exsultare possis, or campus only (opposed to angustiae). To have plenty of elbow-room, late vagari posse.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for elbow-room?
- The usual Latin words for “elbow-room” are spatium, facultās, vagor. 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.