ingens
- (declension-3, one-termination) huge, vast, enormous
- (declension-3, one-termination) immoderate, exorbitant
- (declension-3, one-termination) extraordinary, unnatural
- (declension-3, figuratively, one-termination) mighty, powerful
Opposite of
dēbilis, languidus, aeger, fractus, tenuis, īnfirmus, inops
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
[ˈɪŋ.ɡẽːs]
Etymology
Traditionally from in- (“un-, not”) + gens (“kind, family, race”); something that goes beyond what is natural for its kind. Sometimes linked to Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s, from an extended form of the oblique stem *m̥ǵh₂- ; this would make it cognate to magnus, Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas) and Sanskrit महत् (mahat)
of immoderate size
enormous
immensus
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