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“crude” in Latin
rudisrough, raw, uncultivated; unrefined, unskilled, awkward; rudeincultusuntilled, uncultivated; neglected; unadorned, unpolishedīnficiōto dip, to dunk, to submerge; to color, to dye, to imbue, to stain, to tinge; to corrupt, to poison, to spoil, to taint,imperfectusunfinished, incomplete; imperfect; imperfectadumbrōto bring a shadow over something, cast a shadow on, shade or overshadow something, cover, screen; to represent an objectvitiōsusfull of faults or defects; faulty, defective, bad, corrupt; morally faulty, wicked, depraved, viciousmancusmaimed, crippled, handicapped, infirm; defective, imperfectīnfōrmisformless, shapeless; deformed; hideous, uglyindoctusuntaught; unlearned, ignorant, untrainedintellegentiaintelligence, the power of discernment; understanding, knowledge; taste, skill, the capacity to be a connoisseur
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
crude
Raw; Vid:
Unwrought; rudis (without any preparation by art, such as nature produces it): incultus (not PROP. wrought or refined): infectus (e.g., of gold, silver, etc., ; opposed to factus).
Unripe; Vid:
Unfinished; imperfectus (imperfect): inchoatus (a favorite word of Cic.’s: only begun, not brought to perfection; opposed to perfectus). (The words are found in this connection and order.) inchoatus ac rudis: mancus quodammodo et inchoatus: inchoatus quidam et confusus: inchoatus quidam, non perfectus (all Cic.): adumbratus (only traced, superficial; e.g., intelligentia: opinio): vitiosus (incorrect): mancus (that has defects or wants): informis (that has not the proper shape or form): indoctus (crude, with reference to anybody’s notions): to leave anything in a crude state, inchoatum relinquere aliquid: crude notions or ideas, intelligentiae inchoatae (so far as they are in a crude state, not fully developed; e.g., rerum omnium quasi adumbratas intelligentias animo ac mente concipere, Cic.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for crude?
- The usual Latin words for “crude” are rudis, incultus, īnficiō; also imperfectus, adumbrō, vitiōsus. 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.