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

1. large, spacious, roomy
2. abundant, ample
3. (figuratively, of force) impetuous, violent, strong
4. magnificent, splendid, glorious
5. 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
• Italian: ampio
• Old Portuguese: ancho
  • Galician: ancho, → amplo
  • Portuguese: ancho, → amplo
• → Romanian: amplu
• Sardinian: ampru
• Spanish: ancho, → amplio, → amplo
• → Middle Welsh: amyl
  • Welsh: aml

References

• “amplus”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; 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^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • 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