LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

crassitūdō

crassitūdō f (genitive crassitūdinis)

Meaning

  1. thickness (measure of)
  2. density
  3. sediment, dregs

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativecrassitūdōcrassitūdinēs
genitivecrassitūdiniscrassitūdinum
dativecrassitūdinīcrassitūdinibus
accusativecrassitūdinemcrassitūdinēs
ablativecrassitūdinecrassitūdinibus
vocativecrassitūdōcrassitūdinēs

crassĭtūdo, ĭnis, f. crassus,
I. thickness, density.
I. Abstr. (in good prose): postes ...Quantā firmitate facti et quantā crassitudine, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 135: parietum, Caes. B. C. 2, 8: libramentum, in quo nulla omnino crassitudo sit, Cic. Ac. 2, 36, 116: columnarum, Vitr. 4, 4, 2: fornicum, Liv. 44, 11, 5 al.: stipites feminis crassitudine, Caes. B. G. 7, 73; cf. id. ib. 3, 13: aëris, Cic. Div. 1, 42, 93: cerae, Plin. 27, 9, 47, § 71: mellis, id. 28, 12, 50, § 187: (ostrea) crassitudine potius spectanda quam latitudine, id. 32, 6, 21, § 60.—
II. Concr., a thick matter, dregs, sediment, Cato, R. R. 39, 1; Plin. 25, 11, 90, § 141.

Origins

From crassus (“dense, thick, solid”) + -tūdō.

In English words that came into English from crassitūdō

  • crassitudecrassitūdō

Quick answers

What does crassitūdō mean in Latin?
crassitūdō, a noun, means “thickness (measure of); density; sediment, dregs”.
What is the genitive of crassitūdō?
The genitive singular is crassitūdinis. crassitūdō is feminine, third declension.