LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

spatiōsus

spatiōsus (feminine spatiōsa, neuter spatiōsum, comparative spatiōsior)
Classical[spa.tiˈoː.sʊs]Ecclesiastical[spat.t͡siˈɔː.s̬us]

Meaning

  1. adjectivespacious, roomy
  2. adjectivewide, long

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativespatiōsusspatiōsaspatiōsum
genitivespatiōsīspatiōsaespatiōsī
dativespatiōsōspatiōsaespatiōsō
accusativespatiōsumspatiōsamspatiōsum
ablativespatiōsōspatiōsāspatiōsō
vocativespatiōsespatiōsaspatiōsum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativespatiōsīspatiōsaespatiōsa
genitivespatiōsōrumspatiōsārumspatiōsōrum
dativespatiōsīsspatiōsīsspatiōsīs
accusativespatiōsōsspatiōsāsspatiōsa
ablativespatiōsīsspatiōsīsspatiōsīs
vocativespatiōsīspatiōsaespatiōsa

spătĭōsus, a, um, adj. spatium,
I. roomy, of great extent, ample, spacious; poet., large, long, broad, etc. (mostly poet. and in postAug. prose; not in Cic.; syn.: latus, amplus, laxus).
I. Lit.: stabulum, Col. 6, 2, 2: insula, Plin. 4, 12, 26, § 82: loca, Quint. 11, 2, 18: aequor, Plin. 4, 1, 1, § 4: amnis, id. 4, 20, 34, § 112: colles, Luc. 6, 106: volumina fumi, id. 3, 505: taurus (opp. parva vipera), Ov. R. Am. 421: corpus, id. M. 3, 56: ossa pectoris (with ingentes umeri), Val. Fl. 4, 244: mergus in guttura, Ov M. 11, 754: limes, id. ib. 15, 849: ulmus, id. ib. 14, 661: frons cornibus, id. ib. 3, 20 (Merkel, speciosa): voces, i. e. of many syllables (corresp. to amplitudo dactyli), Quint. 9, 4, 136 et saep.— Comp.: spatiosiora quam decem pedum, Col. 5, 5, 3 (opp. contractiora): Andromache spatiosior aequo, Ov. A. A. 2, 645; id. Am. 1, 14, 3: quo non spatiosior alter innumeras cepisse rates, Sil. 8, 481 al.—Sup.: spatiosissima sedes hominum deorumque, Plin. Pan. 63 fin.—
II. Trop.
A. Of time, long, long-continuing, prolonged: nox, Ov. H. 1, 9: tempus, id. Am. 1, 8, 81: aevum, id. M. 8, 529: senectus, id. ib. 12, 186: vetustas, id. ib. 15, 623: bellum, id. ib. 13, 206.—
B. Of other things, great, comprehensive: magna et spatiosa res est sapientia: vacuo illi loco opus est, Sen. Ep. 88, 33.—Adv.: spătĭōsē.
1. Widely, greatly, extensively, Plin. 19, 5, 29, § 92; 31, 11, 47, § 129.—Comp., Plin. Ep. 3, 18, 1; Ov. Am. 3, 6, 85.—
2. Long; comp., at a later time, Prop. 3, 20, 11 (4, 20, 3).

Origins

From spatium + -ōsus.

Descendants
  • Englishspacious
  • Frenchspacieux
  • Italianspazioso
  • Portugueseespaçoso
  • Romanianspațios
  • Spanishespacioso

In English words that came into English from spatiōsus

  • spaciousspatiōsus

Quick answers

What does spatiōsus mean in Latin?
spatiōsus, a adjective, means “spacious, roomy; wide, long”.
How do you pronounce spatiōsus?
In classical Latin, [spa.tiˈoː.sʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [spat.t͡siˈɔː.s̬us].