English → Latin
“enormous” in Latin
ēnōrmisirregular, unusual; enormous, immenseinūsitātusunusual, uncommon, extraordinaryimmodestusunrestrained, excessive, shamelessimmoderātusmeasureless, immeasurable; unrestrained, unbridled, excessive, immoderateeffundōto pour out, shed, spread abroad, drain off; to pour, drive, cast or send out, shower, discharge; to give oneself up to,nimiusexcessive, too great, too much; beyond measureīnsānusmad, insane, dementedimpotēnsPowerless, weak, feeble, impotent, helpless, puny.; Unable to control, having no power over; incapable of.; Unbridled, unovusnew, novel; fresh, young; recentinaudītusunheard of; novel, new
The English word enormous itself goes back to Latin norma, through ēnormis.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
enormous
Irregular, enormis (e.g., vicus, Tac., post-Augustan): inusitatus (unusual).
Irregularly large, immodestus (kept within no due bounds; e.g., largitio): immoderatus (immoderate; e.g., luxuria): effusus (lavishly poured out; e.g., expense, sumptus): nimius (too great; all these = excessive, immoderate; opposed to moderatus, modestus): insanus (senseless; e.g., cupiditas; pile, moles): impotens (unable to restrain itself; cupiditas; crudelitas): novus: inauditus. (The words are found in this connection and order.) novus et inauditus (unheard of before): singularis (unparalleled in its kind): mirus: mirificus (wonderful): incredibilis (incredible): immanis: vastus (huge, unwieldy, of size; immanis also of prodigious turpitude, facinus). (The words are found in this connection and order.) vastus et immanis: immensus (immense; e.g., pecunia): ingens (huge). Of enormous depth, immensa or infinita altitudine. To go to enormous expense, extra modum sumptu et magnificentia prodire: to build anything at an enormous expense, profuse aliquid exstruere. An enormous duty, portorium pergrande, grave, iniquum, etc. (☞ not enorme).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for enormous?
- The usual Latin words for “enormous” are ēnōrmis, inūsitātus, immodestus; also immoderātus, effundō, nimius. 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.