LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

crūditās

crūditās f (genitive crūditātis)
Classical[ˈkruː.dɪ.taːs]Ecclesiastical[ˈkruː.di.tas]

Meaning

  1. overloading of the stomach (indigestion)
  2. broadlyundigested food.

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Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativecrūditāscrūditātēs
genitivecrūditātiscrūditātum
dativecrūditātīcrūditātibus
accusativecrūditātemcrūditātēs
ablativecrūditātecrūditātibus
vocativecrūditāscrūditātēs

crūdĭtas, ātis, f. id. (lit.
I. indigestion; hence, meton.),
I. (Effectus pro causa.) An overloading, repletion of the stomach, Cic. Sen. 13, 44; id. Fam. 9, 18, 4; id. Fat. 15, 34; Quint. 2, 21, 19; 5, 9, 11; Col. prooem. § 16; 6, 6, 1 al.—
B. Transf., of plants: arbores laborant et fame et cruditate, superabundance of nutritious juices, Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 219.—
II. (Abstr. pro concr.) Undigested food: cruditates digerunt daucum, plantago, etc., Plin. 26, 7, 25, § 41; cf.: cruditas fructuum, i. e. bitterness, Pall. Febr. 9, 13.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *krewh₂-der. Proto-Italic [Term?] Latin crūdus Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin crūditās From crūdus (“unripe, uncooked”) + -tās.

Descendants
  • Englishcrudity
  • Frenchcrudité
  • GermanKrudität
  • Italiancrudità
  • Romaniancruditate
  • Romaniancrudătate
  • Friuliancruditât

In English words that came into English from crūditās

  • cruditycrūditās

Quick answers

What does crūditās mean in Latin?
crūditās, a noun, means “overloading of the stomach (indigestion); undigested food.”.
What is the genitive of crūditās?
The genitive singular is crūditātis. crūditās is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce crūditās?
In classical Latin, [ˈkruː.dɪ.taːs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈkruː.di.tas].