English → Latin
“extent” in Latin
ambitusa going around, walking around; circuit; orbit, revolution, cyclecircuituspatrol; circuit; revolution (going around)circumscrīptiōcircle, circumference; boundary, outline, contour; cheating, fraudcomplectorto embrace or hug; to encircle, surround, encompass; to comprehend, understandamplitūdōA wide extent; breadth, width, amplitude, size, bulk, multiplicity, abundance.; Greatness; dignity, grandeur, prestige, ferōto bear; to carry; to support, hold up; to suffer, tolerate, endure, bearpatiorto suffer, endure, tolerate; to allow, acquiesce, permit, submit; to exist, live
The English word extent itself goes back to Latin tendō, through extendere.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
extent s.
Compass, ambitus: circuitus: circumscriptio: complexus: wide extent, latus ambitus; amplitudo: to be of wide or vast extent, habere magnum, or latum, ambitum; late patere: in extent, in circuitu; circuitu.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for extent?
- The usual Latin words for “extent” are ambitus, circuitus, circumscrīptiō; also complector, amplitūdō, ferō. 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.