“great” in Latin

magnus: grandis: amplus: ingens: immanis: vastus. (1) Magnus, grandis, and amplus, denote a becoming greatness; ingens, immanis, and vastus an overwhelming greatness, Sen., Ir., 1, 16; nee enim magnitudo ista est, sed immanitas; Cic., Lael., 26. (2) Magnus denotes greatness without any accessory notion; opposed to parvus, like μέγας; whereas grandis, with the accessory notion of intrinsic strength and grandeur, opposed to exilis, tumidus, minutus, exiguus; amplus with the accessory notion of comeliness, and of an imposing impression. (3) Ingens denotes excessive greatness merely as extraordinary, like ἄπλετος; immanis, as exciting fear, like πελώριος; vastus, as wanting regularity uf form, like ἀχανής): spatiosus (roomy): altus (high; also elevated; of sentiments, and persons who entertain them): Cels.: excelsus (above the usual height; they represent height on its imposing side; hence excelsus also of high thoughts, sentiments, and persons entertaining them): frequens: celeber (crowded, thronged; of full assemblies, etc.): vehemens: gravis (represent magnitude intensively, as violent, oppressive; e.g. pain, dolor): clarus: nobilis: illustris: inclytus (celebrated, Vid :). A great blunder, magnum peccatum: great hope or hopes, magna spes: to be in great hopes, magna in spe esse; magna me spes tenet (with infinitive future; sometimes infinitive present; e.g., bene mihi evenire quod mittar ad mortem, Cic.): ☞ (l) When “great” refers to degree, it is often translated by superlative adjective; a g. statesman, reipublicae gerendae scientissimus: a great friend to the aristocracy, nobilitatis studiosissimus. (2) There are particular substantives to express persons who have any member of unusual size; e.g., one who has a great head, nose, cheeks, etc., capito, naso, bucco; also, adjectives; having great ears, auritus: a great nose, nasutus. Very great, permagnus; pergrandis: unusually great, ingens, praegrandis, vastus, immanis (☞ SYN. above): too great, nimius (e.g., spes); nimia magnitudine (of too great size); immodicus (immoderate; e.g., gaudium, clamor). The greatest, maximus (with reference to contents, quantity, rank, merit): summus: supremus (summus, ἄκρος; opposed to imus: the highest indifferently, and with mere local relation; also IMPROP., with reference to rank, merits, degree, perfection, etc; absolutely, or with reference to what is still higher; e.g., spes, fides, constantia, gloria: amicus; turpitudo, scelus; also of persons, summi homines, etc.; supremus, ὔπατος, perhaps opposed to infimus, implies elevation; a more poetical and solemn word; e.g., Jupiter; macies †, etc.) The greatest pains of mind and body that a man can undergo, tanti animi corporisque dolores, quanti in hominem maximi cadere possunt. There is no greater friend to anything than I am, tam sum alicui rei amicus, quam qui maxime (e.g., reipublicae, Cic.). So great, tantus, as, quantus: however great, quantuscunque (of any magnitude, be it as great or as small as you please); quantusvis, quantuslibet (of any magnitude you please, be it never so great, quantusvis implying a more careful selection than quantuslibet): as great as something else [Vid: EQUAL to]: twice as great, as great again, altero tanto major; duplo major; duplus. As great as; Vid: BIG.A great letter, littera grandis; town, urbs magna or ampla: a great and powerful state, ampla et potens civitas; island, insula magna or spatiosa: a great clamor, clamor magnus, ingens. A great man (IMPROP.), homo or vir magnus: vir laude insignis: magni nominis vir: vir summus [for the PROP. sense, Vid: BIG]: a great girl, virgo grandis or (= grown up) adulta: a great scholar, homo or vir doctissimus; homo nobilis et clarus ex doctrina (the latter of one who not only is, but also is allowed to be very learned): a great orator, orator magnus (general term); orator amplus et grandis (with reference to fulness, elevation, etc., of style). “The great,” principes, procures, nobiles (the nobles in a state): great power, potentia magna, opes magnae (general resources): a great army, exercitus magnus, copiae magnae, vires magnae. The great mass of mankind, multi (the many; opposed to probi, the good): plurimi: plerique [Vid: the MULTITUDE]. To be great in anything, magnum esse in aliqua re: excellere in aliqua re or aliqua re: valere aliqua re (to be strong in it; e.g., dicendo). A great deal of, multum (neuter adjective) or multus (in agreement; e.g., labor, sermo, aurum); multo (with comparative; e.g., carior; and verbs implying comparison; e.g., malle, anteponere, anteire, praestare). There fell a great deal of rain that year, magnae aquae eo anno fuerunt.

By the great, aversione or per aversionem (i. e., without nice calculation, the thing being, as it were, turned off; e.g., emere, vendere, locare, conducere. Modestin., Dig., 18, 1, 62; Ulp., Dig., 18, 6, 4; Labro., Dig., 14, 2, 10; Florent., Dig., 19, 2, 36). GREAT-COAT, paenula (a garment with a cape to it, worn, as a protection against the inclemency of the weather, by people of both sexes, and of every age, station, and rank, especially on a march or journey; it also served as either upper or under bed-covering, Vid: Sen., Ep., 87, 2; he who wears it, paenulatus): lacerna (thick woollen cloak, consisting of a single piece of cloth, worn as a defence against cold and rain, as well in war as in time of peace; he who wears it, lacernatus): laena (χλαῖνα, similar to the lacerna, only occurs in poets of Silver Age).