English → Latin
“quantity” in Latin
quantitāsgreatness; extent; quantity; magnitude; size; sum; amountcōpiasupply, abundance, copiousness, wealth, riches; plenty, fulness, multitude; opportunity, facilities (the means of doing numerusnumber; Roman military unit; collection, quantitymultusmuch; manyaliquotsome; several; a fewaliquantusconsiderable (amount); somewhataurumgold (as mineral or metal); gold (colour); any object made of gold, such as a gold coin or a gold ringcōpiōsuscopious, plentiful, abundant; prolific; eloquent
The English word quantity itself goes back to Latin quantus, through quantitās.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
quantity
quantitas (Plin.); copia: numerus (Cic.): a great quantity, magnus numerus; multum: a considerable quantity, aliquot (of number): aliquantum (of quantity, with genitive, e.g., auri): in quantity, copiosus; adverb, copiose: (in prosody) *mensura, *quantitas (grammatical).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for quantity?
- The usual Latin words for “quantity” are quantitās, cōpia, numerus; also multus, aliquot, aliquantus. 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.