English → Latin
“wide” in Latin
ferōto bear; to carry; to support, hold up; to suffer, tolerate, endure, bearlaxuswide, spacious, roomy; yielding; loose, slack, freeampluslarge, spacious, roomy; abundant, ample; impetuous, violent, strongspatiōsusspacious, roomy; wide, longpatulusopen, wide open, gaping; spread out, extended; common (open to all)pateōto be open, accessible, attainable; to be exposed, revealed, disclosed, vulnerable; to increase or extend (said of front
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
wide adj.
latus (broad): laxus; amplus (not close together, large): spatiosus (roomy): patulus (far-spreading). A wide plain, ampla, lata planities; latus, late patens, amplus campus: a ditch five feet wide, fossa quinque pedes lata: wide open, patulus (e.g., fenestrae patulae): of a wide signification, late patens; latus: but this has a wider signification, at hoc latius est or patet (opposed to angustius valere): to be wide of the mark, a scopo aberrare.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for wide?
- The usual Latin words for “wide” are ferō, laxus, amplus; also spatiōsus, patulus, pateō. 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.