English → Latin
“vast” in Latin
vāstusEmpty, unoccupied, i.e. waste, desert.; Desolate, deserted, made lonely.; Wasted by destruction, laid waste, ravaged, deampluslarge, spacious, roomy; abundant, ample; impetuous, violent, strongspatiōsusspacious, roomy; wide, longmagnusgreat, large, big; (of things) vast, extensive, spacious (of physical size or quantity); great, grand, mighty, noble, loingēnshuge, vast, enormous; immoderate, exorbitant; extraordinary, unnaturalimmēnsusimmeasurable, boundless, endless, vast, immense
The English word vast itself goes back to Latin vāstus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
vast
vastus: amplus: spatiosus: magnus: ingens: immensus. Vid. GREAT, LARGE.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for vast?
- The usual Latin words for “vast” are vāstus, amplus, spatiōsus; also magnus, ingēns, immēnsus. 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.