English → Latin
“magnitude” in Latin
magnitūdōgreatness, size, bulk, magnitude; vastness, extent.; a great number, amount or quantity, abundance.amplitūdōA wide extent; breadth, width, amplitude, size, bulk, multiplicity, abundance.; Greatness; dignity, grandeur, prestige, ambitusa going around, walking around; circuit; orbit, revolution, cyclespatiumspace, room, extent; distance between points; a square, walk, or promenademodusmeasure; bound, limit, end; manner (of doing or being arranged), way (of doing or being arranged), methodgravitāsweight, heaviness; gravity, seriousness; severity, harshness
The English word magnitude itself goes back to Latin magnus, through magnitūdō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
magnitude
PROP., magnitudo (greatness); amplitudo, ambitus, spatium (with the idea of space or extent): modus (with the idea of a certain measure).
Figuratively, magnitudo; amplitudo; gravitas.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for magnitude?
- The usual Latin words for “magnitude” are magnitūdō, amplitūdō, ambitus; also spatium, modus, gravitās. 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.