largus

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Latin

Etymology

Uncertain. Often connected with Proto-Indo-European *lay- (“lard, fat, grease”) (see lārdum, lāridum (“bacon”) and laetus (“fat, happy”)), via Proto-Italic *lajes-ago-, though de Vaan finds this problematic and doubts that the long vowel is original.[1] Compare however Ancient Greek λᾱρῑνός (lārīnós, “fattened; fatty”).

Also may be connected to lascīvus, from Proto-Indo-European *las- (“to be willing, covetous”), if such a root exists, but the semantics are suspicious.

Pronunciation

Adjective

largus (feminine larga, neuter largum, comparative largior, superlative largissimus, adverb largē or largiter); first/second-declension adjective

  1. abundant, copious, plentiful, large, abounding in something
    Synonyms: cōpiōsus, abundāns, cumulātus, ūber, fēcundus
    Antonyms: vacuus, carēns, expers, viduus
  2. bountiful, liberal, munificent
  3. (with ablative or genitive) generous with, lavish of

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative largus larga largum largī largae larga
Genitive largī largae largī largōrum largārum largōrum
Dative largō largō largīs
Accusative largum largam largum largōs largās larga
Ablative largō largā largō largīs
Vocative large larga largum largī largae larga

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References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “lārgus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 327
  • “largus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “largus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • largus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • largus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “largus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 654
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