English → Latin
“prolix” in Latin
ferōto bear; to carry; to support, hold up; to suffer, tolerate, endure, bearcōpiōsuscopious, plentiful, abundant; prolific; eloquentverbōsuswordy, verbose, prolixquaestiōproblem; seeking, search; inquiry, investigation, questioning, questionlātusborne, carried, having been carried; suffered, endured, having been suffered; reported, having been reportedlongusfar, long; extended, prolonged (of space, in general); remote, distant, far off; great, vast, spacious
The English word prolix itself goes back to Latin prōlixus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
prolix
latus (wide, set forth in all its parts; opposed to contractus; of persons and things): copiosus (copious): verbosus (using many words, where the matter might be more simply expressed, verbose: ☞ prolixus in this sense is not classical). A prolix disputation, quaestio, disputatio lata: a prolix speech, oratio longa, or lata, or copiosa, or verbosa: a prolix letter, episto la longior or verbosa: a prolix work, opus diffusum: to be prolix, longum esse; in anything, multum esse in aliqua re: to be too prolix in anything, nimium esse in aliqua re: I should be too prolix, longum est (longum esset is not Latin; Vid: Krüger, § 463; Zumpt, §520): in order not to be too prolix, ne multus sim; ne plura dicam; ne longior sim; to become prolix, provebi: to become too prolix, longius provehi.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for prolix?
- The usual Latin words for “prolix” are ferō, cōpiōsus, verbōsus; also quaestiō, lātus, longus. 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.