immense Copy link Outline 1. ingens, ntis (exceedingly great)2. immensus (strictly, unmeasured or immeasurable)3. impensus (esp. of price)4. immānis, e5. ēnormis, e (unduly large, out of proportion)6. infīnītus (strictly without any bounds; but oft. used in lax sense)7. incrēdĭbĭlis • immense: 1. ingens, ntis (exceedingly great): cf. Cic. Am. 26, 98, satis erat respondere magnas; ingentes dicit: Ter. Join: ingens immensusque; ingens immanisque, Cic. 2. immensus (strictly, unmeasured or immeasurable): an i. weight of silver and gold, i. argenti pondus atque auri, Cic. Rep. 1, 17 (but in Cic. usu. = boundless, immeasurable): i. harvests, i. messes, Virg. G. 1, 49. Adv. phr., in immensum, to an i. extent or height, Sall. Jug. 92, med.: Virg.: Liv. 3. impensus (esp. of price): to pay an i. price for anything, aliquid i. pretio parare, Caes. B. G. 4, 2; Liv. (Not so in Cic.: impenso pretio, Att. 14, 13 = non penso.) 4. immānis, e: v. huge, monstrous. (cf. supr. 1.) 5. ēnormis, e (unduly large, out of proportion): v. enormous. 6. infīnītus (strictly without any bounds; but oft. used in lax sense): a cavern of i. depth, spelunca inf. altitudine, Cic.: v. infinite. 7. incrēdĭbĭlis: v. incredible. Phr.: an i. sum of money, maxima pecunia, Cic. de Or. 2, 67, 269; innumerabilis pecunia, id. Agr. 2, 13, 33.