What is the Latin word for fullness?

The usual Latin words for “fullness” are plēnitās, plēnitūdō, implēmentum; also saturitās, caput, Caelius. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“fullness” in Latin

plēnitāsThe state of being full; fullness; abundance, copiousness, plenty, repletion.plēnitūdōfullness, abundance, plenitude; thickness implēmentumfilling up saturitāsfullness, repletion, satiety; abundance caputthe head (of humans and animals); head; top; summit; point; end; extremity (beginning or end); origin; source; spring; h CaeliusLucius Coelius Antipater, a Roman jurist and historian; Marcus Caelius Rufus, a Roman politician and orator

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

fullness

plenitas (as quality, when anything is full): plenitudo (the lasting condition; e.g., of a body, etc., i. e., its thickness).

IMPROPR., e.g., to pray from the fullness of one’s heart, *ex animo fundere preces.

Fullness (as disease), implementum (e.g., capitis, caelius, Aur., Tard., 1, 5).

Fulness, (α) of color, saturitas (Plin., 9, 39, 64). (β) Of sou nd, plenus sonus: ☞ gravitas linguae, Cic., De Or., 3, 11, 42, is a faulty fullness; a heaviness or thickness of utterance.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for fullness?: The usual Latin words for “fullness” are plēnitās, plēnitūdō, implēmentum; also saturitās, caput, Caelius. 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.