latitude

• n. 緯度；限界；活動範囲

ラテン語のlatus、広い、PIE *stel、*ster、広がる、語源はlocus、構造、地層、文字l、rの音変化と同じ。後に地理的な緯度、経度と比較される。

latitude

latitude: [14] Latin lātus meant ‘broad’. From it were derived dīlātāre ‘spread out’ (source of English dilate) and lātitūdō, which English took over as latitude. Its use as a cartographical term stems from the oblong maps of the ancient world, in which distance from north to south represented ‘breadth’ (hence latitude), and distance from east to west represented ‘length’ (hence longitude [16], from Latin longitūdō, a derivative of longus ‘long’).
=> dilate

latitude (n.)

late 14c., "breadth," from Old French latitude (13c.) and directly from Latin latitudo "breadth, width, extent, size," from latus "wide," from PIE root *stele- "to spread" (cognates: Old Church Slavonic steljo "to spread out," Armenian lain "broad"). Geographical sense also is from late 14c., literally "breadth" of a map of the known world. Figurative sense of "allowable degree of variation" is early 15c. Related: Latitudinal.

1. He would be given every latitude in forming a new government.

彼は何の制限もなく新政府を樹立することができる。

2.The latitude of the island is 20 degrees south.

この島の緯度は南緯20度である。

3.This city is close to the fortieth parallel of north latitude .

この都市は北緯40度に近い。

4.She was given considerable latitude in how she spent the money.

このお金の使い方には大きな自由がある。

5.At this latitude you often get strong winds.

この緯度地域では常に強い風が吹いている。