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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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Contents (2 entries · 5 senses)
S&H Smith & Hall (1)
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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• enormous:
      1. 1. immānis, e (usu. with the additional idea of terror-striking): figures of e. size (for human sacrifices), simulacra im. magnitudine, Caes. B. G. 6, 16: an e. den, antrum im., Virg.: v. monstrous.
      2. 2. ingens, ntis: v. huge.
      3. 3. ēnormis, e (exceeding the usual standard, mis-shapen): e. stature, e. proceritas, Suet.: e. (and so unwieldy) broadswords, e. gladii, Tac. Agr. 36.
      4. 4. mīrus, mīrĭficus, (with words denoting magnitude: v. wonderful): a serpent of e. size, serpens mira magnitudine, Liv. 21, 22.
      5. 5. immensus (strictly, so great as to be beyond measurement): v. immense. (For enormous in moral sense, v. heinous, atrocious.) Phr.: to go to an e. expense, extra modum sumptu prodire, Cic. (in R. and A.).
R&A Riddle & Arnold (1)
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J. E. Riddle and T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Lexicon. Data retrieved from FergusJPWalsh/riddle-arnold under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
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• ENORMOUS
  • Irregular, enormis (e.g., vicus, Tac., post-Augustan): inusitatus (unusual).
  • Irregularly large, immodestus (kept within no due bounds; e.g., largitio): immoderatus (immoderate; e.g., luxuria): effusus (lavishly poured out; e.g., expense, sumptus): nimius (too great; all these = excessive, immoderate; opposed to moderatus, modestus): insanus (senseless; e.g., cupiditas; pile, moles): impotens (unable to restrain itself; cupiditas; crudelitas): novus: inauditus. (The words are found in this connection and order.) novus et inauditus (unheard of before): singularis (unparalleled in its kind): mirus: mirificus (wonderful): incredibilis (incredible): immanis: vastus (huge, unwieldy, of size; immanis also of prodigious turpitude, facinus). (The words are found in this connection and order.) vastus et immanis: immensus (immense; e.g., pecunia): ingens (huge). Of enormous depth, immensa or infinita altitudine. To go to enormous expense, extra modum sumptu et magnificentia prodire: to build anything at an enormous expense, profuse aliquid exstruere. An enormous duty, portorium pergrande, grave, iniquum, etc. (☞ not enorme).