English → Latin
“size” in Latin
amplitūdōA wide extent; breadth, width, amplitude, size, bulk, multiplicity, abundance.; Greatness; dignity, grandeur, prestige, glūtengluemōlēsmultitude, mass (of material); size; rock, boulder, cliff, ridge, outcrop, knollfōrmaform; figure, shape, appearance; fine form; beauty; outline, plan, designglūtinōto glue (together)chartapapyrus, paper; a piece of papyrus or paper; a piece of writing, especially a letter, poem, or charterprūdēnswise, prudent; skilful, knowledgeable (in a specific matter)
The English word size itself goes back to Latin sedeō, through assideo.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
size s.
Bulk, amplitudo: magnitude: moles (mass): sometimes forma. In a smaller size, minore charta (on smaller paper); minore tabella (on a smaller tablet; of pictures; Vid: Plin., 35, 10, 36, no. 5, § 72, pinxit et minoribus tabellis libidines): of the size of a memorandum-book, ad paginas et formam memorialis libelli (Suet., Caes., 56).
Glutinous substance, gluten: glutinum.
size v.
To make of due size, cause to fit, accommodare aliquid alicui rei or ad aliquid.
To besmear with size, glutinare (e.g., chartas, Plin.): glutine tegere (Prudentius, glutino).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for size?
- The usual Latin words for “size” are amplitūdō, glūten, mōlēs; also fōrma, glūtinō, charta. 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.