English → Latin
“expanse” in Latin
spatiumspace, room, extent; distance between points; a square, walk, or promenadeEnniusa Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by
The English word expanse itself goes back to Latin pandō, through expansum.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
expanse
spatium: the expanse of heaven, spatium caeli or spatium only (both Lucr.); cava caeli (Ennius): the boundless expanse of the heavens, *caeli spatium infinitum or longe lateque patens.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for expanse?
- The usual Latin words for “expanse” are spatium, Ennius. 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.