English → Latin
“crookedness” in Latin
curvĭtascrookednessaduncitāshookedness, aduncitycurvōto crook, bend, bow, curveprāvitāscrookedness, inequality, irregularity, deformity; impropriety, perverseness; viciousness, untowardness, depravityperversitāsfrowardness, untowardness, perversityrōstrumbill or beak of a bird; snout or muzzle of an animal; prow of a shiphomō̆human, person, man; male human being, man; term of address to male peers, especially by another man: man, fellow, mate, opīniōopinion, conjecture, imagination, fancy, belief, expectation; reputation, esteem; report, rumormōsway or manner (of behaving); behavior; conduct; custom; habit; practice; usage; wont; character; disposition; inclinatio
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
crookedness
curvitas: aduncitas (the being crooked: aduncitas, the crookedness that assumes the shape of a hook bent inwards; e.g., of the beak, rostri): curvatura (as property; general term): pravitas (as fault).
Perverseness, perversitas (e.g., hominum: crookedness of opinions, opinionum: of manners, or anybody’s ways, morum); pravitas (i. e., perversely wrong direction; e.g., hominis: consilii, of a project).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for crookedness?
- The usual Latin words for “crookedness” are curvĭtas, aduncitās, curvō; also prāvitās, perversitās, rōstrum. 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.