amplus
Latin
Etymology
Disputed.
- Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₂emlos, from *h₂em- (“to grasp”), and etymologically "graspable". See also ānsa (“handle”).
- Otherwise for ambiplus (“full on both sides”), composed of ambi- (“both”) and an element akin to plēnus (“full”) (and more distantly to plūs (“more”)).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈam.plus/, [ˈämpɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈam.plus/, [ˈämplus]
Adjective
amplus (feminine ampla, neuter amplum, comparative amplior, superlative amplissimus, adverb amplē); first/second-declension adjective
- large, spacious, roomy
- abundant, ample
- (figuratively, of force) impetuous, violent, strong
- magnificent, splendid, glorious
- esteemed, distinguished, well-regarded
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | amplus | ampla | amplum | amplī | amplae | ampla | |
| Genitive | amplī | amplae | amplī | amplōrum | amplārum | amplōrum | |
| Dative | amplō | amplō | amplīs | ||||
| Accusative | amplum | amplam | amplum | amplōs | amplās | ampla | |
| Ablative | amplō | amplā | amplō | amplīs | |||
| Vocative | ample | ampla | amplum | amplī | amplae | ampla | |
Derived terms
- amplē
- amplificō
- amplio
- ampliter
- amplitūdō
- amplius
- ampliusculus
- peramplus
Descendants
- Asturian: anchu
- Catalan: eixample, ample
- → English: ample
- French: ample
- → Galician: amplo
- Italian: ampio
- Old Portuguese: ancho
- Galician: ancho
- Portuguese: ancho
- → Portuguese: amplo
- → Romanian: amplu
- Sardinian: ampru
- Spanish: ancho, → amplio, → amplo
- → Middle Welsh: amyl
- Welsh: aml
References
- “amplus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “amplus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- amplus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- a man who has held many offices: amplis honoribus usus (Sall. Iug. 25. 4)
- a man who has held many offices: amplis honoribus usus (Sall. Iug. 25. 4)
- Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Bern, München: Francke Verlag
Anagrams
- palmus