amplitudo

Latin

Etymology

From amplus (“great, large, ample”) +‎ -tūdō

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /am.pliˈtuː.doː/, [ämplʲɪˈt̪uːd̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /am.pliˈtu.do/, [ämpliˈt̪uːd̪o]

Noun

amplitūdō f (genitive amplitūdinis); third declension

1. (of space) A wide extent; breadth, width, amplitude, size, bulk, multiplicity, abundance.
2. (figuratively) Greatness; dignity, grandeur, prestige, distinction, consequence.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	amplitūdō	amplitūdinēs
Genitive	amplitūdinis	amplitūdinum
Dative	amplitūdinī	amplitūdinibus
Accusative	amplitūdinem	amplitūdinēs
Ablative	amplitūdine	amplitūdinibus
Vocative	amplitūdō	amplitūdinēs

Related terms

Related terms

• amplē
• ampliātiō
• amplificātiō
• amplificātor
• amplificātrīx

• amplificē
• amplificō
• amplificus
• ampliō

• ampliter
• ampliusculus
• amplō
• amplus

Descendants

• Catalan: amplitud
• English: amplitude
• French: amplitude
• Galician: amplitude
• → German: Amplitude

• Italian: amplitudine
• Portuguese: amplidão, amplitude
• Russian: амплиту́да (amplitúda)
• Spanish: amplitud

References

• “amplitudo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “amplitudo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• amplitudo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.