wide Copy link Outline 1. lātus2. amplus (roomy)3. spătiōsus4. pătŭlus (open)5. pătens6. laxus (opp. to angustus) • wide: 1. lātus: a w. ditch, lata fossa, Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 59: a marsh not wider than fifty feet, palus non latior pedibus quinquaginta, Caes. B. G. 7, 19: it is of wider extent than is here set forth, latius patet quam hic exponitur, Cic. Inv. 1, 46, 86. 2. amplus (roomy): the w. porch, amplae porticus, Virg. Aen. 3, 353. 3. spătiōsus: the w. sea, spatiosum aequor, Plin. 4, 1, 1. 4. pătŭlus (open): the w. world, patulus mundus, Lucr. 6, 108. 5. pătens: w. plains, campi patentes, Liv. 21, 47: the w. and open heaven, caelum patens atque apertum, Cic. Div. 1, 1, 2. 6. laxus (opp. to angustus): a w. (open) door, laxa janua, Ov. Am. 1, 8, 77: where there was wider scope for negligence, in quo negligentiae laxior locus esset, Liv. 24, 8. Phr.: benevolence extending far and w., benevolentia late longeque diffusa, Cic. Leg. 1, 12, 34: the art is of w. extent, ars late patet, id. Or. 1, 55, 235: a mistake spread far and w., error longe lateque diffusus, id. Fin. 2, 34, 115: that our words may not be w. of our mark, ne ab eo quod propositum est aberret oratio, id. Caecin. 19, 55.