English → Latin
“large” in Latin
magnusgreat, large, big; (of things) vast, extensive, spacious (of physical size or quantity); great, grand, mighty, noble, loampluslarge, spacious, roomy; abundant, ample; impetuous, violent, strongvāstusEmpty, unoccupied, i.e. waste, desert.; Desolate, deserted, made lonely.; Wasted by destruction, laid waste, ravaged, deingēnshuge, vast, enormous; immoderate, exorbitant; extraordinary, unnatural
The English word large itself goes back to Latin largus, through larga.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
large
magnus; amplus; vastus; ingens; vastus et immensus; amplus et grandis. Vid: SYN. under BIG.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for large?
- The usual Latin words for “large” are magnus, amplus, vāstus; also ingēns. 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.