LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

largus

largus (feminine larga, neuter largum, comparative largior, superlative largissimus, adverb largē or largiter)
Classical[ˈɫar.ɡʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈlar.ɡus]
Mille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. adjectiveabundant, copious, plentiful, large, abounding in something
  2. adjectivebountiful, liberal, munificent
  3. adjectivegenitivewith ablativegenerous with, lavish of

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

quī multum dat; largā manū.
largus -a -um — in Mille Verba, Mercātus

Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms

Largus · Benignus · Liberalis · Munificus

Largus means any one who makes a rich present, to whomever he makes it, and from whatever motive, in opp. to parcus. Ter. Heaut. iii. 1, 31; whereas benignus, liberalis, and munificus, denote virtuous qualities in the giver. The benignus follows a pure impulse of humanity, love towards his fellow men; the liberalis, a noble pride, or feeling of self-respect; the munificus, a princely feeling, or, at any rate, a feeling of laudable ambition. Benignitas gives richly, because it has no wish to possess and enjoy alone, like goodness; liberalitas gives as much as, and not less than, a man of noble sentiment believes suitable to his own rank and to another’s merits, without scrupulous mercantile calculation, like a gentlemanly spirit; munificentia gives rather too much than too little, from the pleasure of making people happy, and causing an agreeable surprise, like generosity. (iv. 146.)

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativelarguslargalargum
genitivelargīlargaelargī
dativelargōlargaelargō
accusativelargumlargamlargum
ablativelargōlargālargō
vocativelargelargalargum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativelargīlargaelarga
genitivelargōrumlargārumlargōrum
dativelargīslargīslargīs
accusativelargōslargāslarga
ablativelargīslargīslargīs
vocativelargīlargaelarga

largus, a, um, adj. perh. for lasgus; Sanscr. root lash, desire; Gr. λᾶ- in λιλαίομαι, λῆμα; cf. Lat. lascivus,
I. abundant, copious, plentiful, large, much.
I. In gen. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose): pabula, abundant, Lucr. 5, 869: haustus, id. 1, 412: semen, id. 4, 1238: imbres, id. 1, 282; cf.: undae fluminis, id. 1, 1031: lux, id. 2, 806; cf.: (sol) cum terras larga luce compleverit, Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 49: odores, Ov. M. 4, 758: aër, Lucr. 4, 894—Comp.: largior ignis, Hor. S. 1, 8, 44: largiore vino usus, Liv. 40, 14: largiora stipendia, Tac. A. 1, 31: nec potentem amicum Largiora flagito, Hor. C. 2, 18, 13.—Sup.: munus largissimum edere, Suet. Tit. 7 fin.: vena largissima ferri, Plin. 34, 14, 43, § 149.—
(b). With gen., abounding in any thing: largus lacrumarum, Plaut. As. 3, 1, 30: opum, Verg. A. 11, 338: fons largus aquae, Luc. 9, 608: comae, Sil. 7, 601: rapinae, id. 8, 250.—
(g). With abl.: audin' hunc, opera ut largus est nocturna? Plaut. As. 3, 3, 8: folia larga suco, Plin. 25, 13, 102, § 161.—
II. In partic., giving abundantly or much, bountiful, profuse, liberal: justus, injustus: malignus, largus, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 2, 17: duo sunt genera largorum, quorum alteri prodigi, alteri liberales, Cic. Off. 2, 16, 55: largissimus esse, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 50, § 118: largus et exundans ingenii fons, Juv. 10, 119: largus animo, of a generous disposition, Tac. H. 2, 59: promissis, liberal in promises, Tac. H. 3, 58: natura, Juv. 10, 301.—Comp.: Quid ego concesso pedibus, linguā largior? Plaut. As. 2, 2, 24. —Poet.: largus animae, prodigal of life, Stat. Th. 3, 603.—With inf.: spes donare novas largus, Hor. C. 4, 12, 19.—Hence, adv. in three forms.
A. largē (class.), abundantly, plentifully, bountifully, liberally: large blandus, Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 19: large dare, Cic. Mur. 4, 10: large effuseque donare, id. Rosc. Am. 8, 23: large et copiose aliquid comparare, id. N. D. 2, 47, 121: munifice et large dari, id. ib. 3, 27, 69: large atque honorifice promittere, Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 11, 44: large liberaliterque aestimare, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 88, § 204: ministrare libertatem alicui, id. Rep. 1, 43, 66: senatus consultum large factum, Tac. A. 6, 15: large florescens, Plin. 21, 10, 31, § 56: large frequentantibus (locum), in great numbers, id. 5, 17, 15, § 73: large amplecti, widely, id. 2, 11, 8, § 50; 17, 19, 30, § 137.—Comp.: dare largius, Ter. Eun. 5, 9, 48: ne potum largius aequo Rideat, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 215.—Sup.: copia quam largissime facta, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 61, § 158 Zumpt N. cr. (Klotz, largissima), Plin. 7, 50, 51, § 167.—
B. largĭter, largely, in abundance, plentifully, much; greatly, far (rare in class. prose; not used by Cic.), Plaut. Truc. 5, 11: peccavisti largiter, id. Most. 2, 2, 9; cf. id. Ep. 3, 4, 49: apud finitimas civitates largiter posse, to have great weight or influence, Caes. B. G. 1, 18: distare, Lucr. 6, 1112: auferre, id. 6, 622; Hor. S. 1, 4, 132: discrepare, Vitr. 6, 1, 8: largius a prisca consuetudine movere, Varr. L. L. 10, p. 583.—
(b). Substantively, with gen. (anteand post-class.): credo, illic inesse auri et argenti largiter, Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 144; cf.: largiter mercedis indipiscar, id. ib. 5, 2, 28. —*
C. largĭtus, copiously: quid lacrimas largitus? Afran. ap. Non. 514, 31 (Com. Fragm. v. 212 Rib.).
Largus, i, m.,
I. a Roman surname, esp. in the gens Scribonia, Cic. Fam. 6, 8, 1; id. de Or. 2, 59, 240: P. Largus Caecina, Tac. A. 11, 33.—Hence,
II. Largĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Largus, Largian: senatusconsultum, Just. Inst. 3, 7 fin.

Origins

Unknown. Often connected with Proto-Indo-European *leh₂y- (“lard, fat, grease”) (see lārdum, lāridum (“bacon”) and laetus (“fat, happy”)), via Proto-Italic *lajes-ago-, though De Vaan finds this problematic and doubts that the long vowel is original. Compare also Ancient Greek λᾱρῑνός (lārīnós, “fattened; fatty”), with -r- as in Latin perhaps coming from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂-r-; this could further be a different suffixed form of the same Proto-Indo-European *leh₂- (“to fatten; fat”) whence *leh₂-y-, notwithstanding some phonetic and morphological difficulties. These roots are however disputed and more likely reflect Mediterranean substrate words or Wanderwörter, while Latin lāridum is thought to be a borrowing from Ancient Greek. Also may be connected to lascīvus, from Proto-Indo-European *las- (“to be willing, covetous”), if such a root exists, but the semantics are suspicious as well as the *a. Prósper, presuming a sound law in which *d became *l before *a, derives largus from Proto-Indo-European *dl̥h₁gʰós via a sequence of either *dlāɣos > *dālɣos (with metathesis) > *lālɣos > *lalgos > largus (with dissimilation), or alternatively *dalaɣos > *lalaɣos > *lalɣos (with syncope) > *lalgos > largus. (Note that these lambdacisms can alternatively be viewed as assimilation to the internal *l even if the sound law is not accepted.)

Insular Romance
  • Sardinianlàrgu
  • Sardinianlàlgu
Northern Gallo-Romance
  • Frenchlargefrom Old French large
  • Englishlargefrom Old French large
  • Franco-Provençallârjo
  • Haitian Creolelajfrom Old French large
  • Iranian Persianلارْژfrom Old French large
  • Normanlargefrom Old French large
Southern Gallo-Romance
  • Catalanllargfrom Old Catalan larch
  • Occitanlargfrom Old Occitan larc
Ibero-Romance
  • Portugueselargofrom Old Galician-Portuguese largo
  • Spanishlargofrom Old Spanish largo
  • Aragoneselargo
  • Falalargufrom Old Galician-Portuguese largo
  • Galicianlargofrom Old Galician-Portuguese largo
  • Asturianllargu
  • Asturianḷḷargu
  • Extremaduranlargu
  • Leonesellargu
  • Leoneseḷḷargu
Balkano-Romance
  • Romanianlarg
  • Aromanianlargu
  • Megleno-Romanianlarg
Italo-Dalmatian
  • Italianlargo
  • Corsicanlargu
  • Dalmatianluarc
  • Dalmatianluarg
  • Istriotlargo
  • Tarantinolariofrom Neapolitan làrio
  • Sicilianlargu
  • Sicilianlàricu
  • Sabirlargofrom Venetan łargo
Rhaeto-Romance
  • Friulianlarc
  • Ladinlèrch
  • Romanshlartg
  • Romanshlarg
Gallo-Italic
  • Emilianlèrg
  • Ligurianlargo
  • Lombardlarg
  • Lombardlercc
  • Piedmonteselargh
  • Romagnollergh
Borrowings
  • Albanianlarg
  • Middle Welshllaryfrom Proto-Brythonic *llarɣ
  • TranslingualLargus

Quick answers

What does largus mean in Latin?
largus, a adjective, means “abundant, copious, plentiful, large, abounding in something; bountiful, liberal, munificent; generous with, lavish of”.
How do you pronounce largus?
In classical Latin, [ˈɫar.ɡʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈlar.ɡus].