latus

lātus (1) adj.with comp.and sup.

STER-, broad, wide, extensive : fossa: via: amnis latior, L.: latissimum flumen, Cs.: rana bove latior, Ph.: Moenia, V.: latos finīs parare, Cs.: orbis, H.: terrae, O.: Polyphemi acies, wide eye , Iu.: latus ut in Circo spatiere, spreading the toga wide , H.— Broad, in breadth, extending (with expressions of distance): fossae xv pedes, Cs.: palus non latior pedibus quinquaginta, Cs.—As subst n. : crescere in latum, in width , O.—Fig., of utterance, broad. —Plur. n . as subst: cuius tu illa lata imitaris, broad pronunciation .—Of style, diffuse, copious : oratio latior.