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amplus
amplus
Latin
Adjective
amplus m (feminine ampla, neuter amplum); first/second declension
- large, spacious, roomy
- abundant, ample
- (figuratively, of force) impetuous, violent, strong
- magnificent, splendid, glorious
- esteemed, distinguished, well-regarded
Inflection
First/second declension.
| 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 | |
- comparative: amplior, superlative: amplissimus
Derived terms
- amplē
- ampliter
Descendants
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
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “amplus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (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)
- Andrew L. Sihler (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, New York, Oxford, Oxford University Press
- Julius Pokorny (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, in 3 vols, Bern, München: Francke Verlag