extent Copy link Outline 1. ambĭtus, ūs (compass)2. spătium (in concrete sense) • extent: 1. ambĭtus, ūs (compass): the e. of an encampment, a. castrorum, Tac. Ger. 37: over all the e. of earth and sky, per omnem terrarum et coeli a., Suet. Aug. 94, med. 2. spătium (in concrete sense): sufficient e. of ground for ..., tantum spatii ut, etc., Caes.: Cic.: in general e. and in climatic position, spatio ac coelo, Tac. Agr. 10: vast e.s of islands, immensa s. insularum, Tac. Ger. 1: an irregular e. of country, enorme s. terrarum, Tac. Agr. 10: v. space. Phr.: to be of wide e. (lit. or fig.), late patere (v. to extend, B. 3): of very great e., maximus, latissimus (v. extensive): of what e., quantus (v. great, how): to this e., hactenus, eatenus; which may be emphasized by duntaxat, cf. Cic. de Or. 2, 27, 119: to what e., quatenus, Cic.: to some e., aliquatenus, Quint.: Sen.: to any e. (you please), quantumvis, Cic.