English → Latin
“crapulence” in Latin
crāpulaexcessive drinking, drunkenness, inebriation, intoxication; surfeit of food, overeatingēdormīscōto sleep away, sleep through, sleep offobdormiōto fall asleepexhālōto breathe out, exhalediscutiōto strike asunder, dash to pieces, shatter; to scatter or disperse, dissipate (especially an enemy); to examine, discuss
The English word crapulence itself goes back to Latin crāpula.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
crapulence
crapula. To sleep off one’s crapulence, crapulam edormire, edormiscere, obdormire, exhalare, or edormire et exhalare; crapulam excutere or discutere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for crapulence?
- The usual Latin words for “crapulence” are crāpula, ēdormīscō, obdormiō; also exhālō, discutiō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.