Latin Recommended Basic Vocabulary


Adjectives and Related Words: Size

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Size
Latin English
quantus how great, how much, as
immensus immense
levis light
gravis heavy, serious
brevis short
magis more, rather
magister, magistr- master, teacher
minor, minus smaller, less
parvus little, small
parum too little, less
magnus big great, large
exiguus very little, tiny
tenuis thin, weak
maximus biggest, greatest
levo, -ari, -atus raise
grandis great, large, grand
ingens, ingent- huge, vast
latus, later- side
maior, maius bigger, greater
tantus so great, so much
latus broad, wide
magnitudo, magnitudin- greatness, magnitude
longus long
minimus smallest, least
altus tall, high, deep
modicus moderate
largus plentiful, liberal, generous
amplus ample, large



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