broad Copy link Outline I. WideII. Extensive, vastIII. Of pronunciationIV. Open, clearV. Gross • broad: I. Wide: lātus: a b. road: l. via, Cic.: trenches 15 feet b., fossae xv pedes l., Caes.: b. shoulders, l. humeri, Virg. Phr.: it is as b. as it is long, i. e. it comes to the same thing, it makes no difference, eodem redit, eodem revolvitur res; nihil interest, etc. II. Extensive, vast: amplus. III. Of pronunciation: Phr.: a b. pronunciation, verborum latitudo, Cic. (Vastus is more extensive in its reference than the Eng. word: v. awkward, uncouth. The adj. latus appears not to occur in this sense.) IV. Open, clear: q. v. Phr.: to sleep till it is b. daylight, ad multum diem dormire (ad medios dies dormire), Hor. V. Gross: q. v. Phr.: to frolick with rude verses and b. grins, versibus incomptis ludere, risuque soluto, Virg.: to set people on the b. grin, risu diducere rictum, Hor.: to know the difference between a b. joke and a refined one, inurbanum lepido seponere dicto, Hor.