space (subs.) Copy link Outline I. ExtensionII. Quantity of roomIII. IntervalIV. Space of time • space (subs.): I. Extension: spătium: cf. Lucr. 1, 426, locus ac spatium, quod inane vocamus. (Locus is the popular term; spatium, the scientific one; and inane [void space], the favourite Lucretian phrase.) II. Quantity of room: lŏcus: v. room. III. Interval: intervallum: v. interval. IV. Space of time: spătium temporis, Cic. Arch. init. Or simply spătium: in a brief s. of time, brevi spatio, Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 2: for a long s. of time, longo s., Cic. Off. 2, 23, 81. Also freq. tempus: v. time. S. of two, three years, biennium, triennium, etc.