spacious Copy link Outline 1. amplus2. spătiōsus3. căpax (in prose, only with gen., denoting that which a vessel or space is able to contain4. lātus • spacious: 1. amplus: a very s. gymnasium, gymnasium amplissimum, Cic. Verr. 4, 53, 119: Virg. 2. spătiōsus: a s. stall (for cattle), s. stabulum, Col. 6, 2, init.: Quint. Join: spatiosa et capax domus, Plin. 3. căpax (in prose, only with gen., denoting that which a vessel or space is able to contain: in poets and later writers also, capacious, roomy): a s. city, c. urbs, Ov. M. 4, 439: Plin. supr.: s. enough to hold the whole people, populi capax, Ov. 4. lātus: v. wide. (N.B.--Laxus = wide apart; with wide spaces or intervals: as applied to a house, Vell. 2, 81, it denotes open, not hemmed in by other houses.)
SPACIOUS Copy link • SPACIOUSamplus; laxus, spatiosus (roomy): capax (able to hold much). A spacious mansion, ampla domus (Cic.).