Latin

Noun

spatium n ‎(genitive spatiī); second declension

1. Space, room, extent
2. Distance between points
3. A square, walk, or promenade
4. Racetrack, lap or a race, or racecourse
5. Period or interval of time
6. Quantity of length
7. Time or leisure, as with opportunity

Inflection

• Note: Genitive singular is sometimes spatī

Second declension.

Derived terms

• spatior

Descendants

References

• spatium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• spatium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• SPATIUM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “spatium”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • at a great distance: longo spatio, intervallo interiecto
    
  • to finish a very long journey: longum itineris spatium emetiri
    
  • to require, give, take time for deliberation: tempus (spatium) deliberandi or ad deliberandum postulare, dare, sibi sumere
    
  • to give some one a few days for reflection: paucorum dierum spatium ad deliberandum dare
    
  • after some time: spatio temporis intermisso
    
  • to give time for recovery: respirandi spatium dare
    
• spatium in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016