Adjective: largus
Hyphenation:
Declension: First, Second
Nominative
| Singular masc. | largus |
| Singular fem. | larga |
| Singular neut. | largum |
| Plural masc. | largī |
| Plural fem. | largae |
| Plural neut. | larga |
Genitive
| Singular masc. | largī |
| Singular fem. | largae |
| Singular neut. | largī |
| Plural masc. | largōrum |
| Plural fem. | largārum |
| Plural neut. | largōrum |
Dative
| Singular masc. | largō |
| Singular fem. | largae |
| Singular neut. | largō |
| Plural masc. | largīs |
| Plural fem. | largīs |
| Plural neut. | largīs |
Accusative
| Singular masc. | largum |
| Singular fem. | largam |
| Singular neut. | largum |
| Plural masc. | largōs |
| Plural fem. | largās |
| Plural neut. | larga |
Ablative
| Singular masc. | largō |
| Singular fem. | largā |
| Singular neut. | largō |
| Plural masc. | largīs |
| Plural fem. | largīs |
| Plural neut. | largīs |
Vocative
| Singular masc. | large |
| Singular fem. | larga |
| Singular neut. | largum |
| Plural masc. | largī |
| Plural fem. | largae |
| Plural neut. | larga |
Comparison
| Comparative | largior |
| Superlative | largissimus |
Sample Sentences
Adjectives inflected like largus
scītus,
inadustus,
saevus,
commodus,
vāstus,
frāctus,
perfectus,
pecūniōsus,
scelestus,
īnfestus,
īnfirmus,
splendidus,
perītus,
iugōsus,
glōriōsus,
vulgātus,
lascīvus,
sevērus,
irritus,
facinorōsus, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology
1. Unknown. Often connected with Proto-Indo-European *leh₂y- (“lard, fat, grease”) (see lārdum, lāridum (“bacon”) and laetus (“fat, happy”)), via Proto-Italic *lajes-ago-, though De Vaan finds this problematic and doubts that the long vowel is original. Compare also Ancient Greek λᾱρῑνός (lārīnós, “fattened; fatty”), with -r- as in Latin perhaps coming from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂-r-; this could further be a different suffixed form of the same Proto-Indo-European *leh₂- (“to fatten; fat”) whence *leh₂-y-, notwithstanding some phonetic and morphological difficulties. These roots are however disputed and more likely reflect Mediterranean substrate words or Wanderwörter, while Latin lāridum is thought to be a borrowing from Ancient Greek.
2. Also may be connected to lascīvus, from Proto-Indo-European *las- (“to be willing, covetous”), if such a root exists, but the semantics are suspicious as well as the *a.
3. Prósper, presuming a sound law in which *d became *l before *a, derives largus from Proto-Indo-European *dl̥h₁gʰós via a sequence of either *dlāɣos > *dālɣos (with metathesis) > *lālɣos > *lalgos > largus (with dissimilation), or alternatively *dalaɣos > *lalaɣos > *lalɣos (with syncope) > *lalgos > largus. (Note that these lambdacisms can alternatively be viewed as assimilation to the internal *l even if the sound law is not accepted.)
Verbs referencing "largus"
Galician Adjectives
largo, Italian Adjectives
largo, Portuguese Adjectives
largo, Spanish Adjectives
largo, French Adjectives
large, Romanian Adjectives
larg, Catalan Adjectives
llarg, Asturian Adjectives
llargu.
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