English → Latin
“fatness” in Latin
pinguitūdōfatness, obesity, plumpness; richness, fertility; oilinessobēsitāsobesity, fatness, corpulencepinguēdōfat; oiliness; richness, abundance
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
fatness
pinguitudo (of any kind of fatness, as well of animals as of the soil, etc.): obesitas (the plumpness of persons and beasts; opposed to gracilitas): pinguedo (the greasy condition or thickness of anything).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for fatness?
- The usual Latin words for “fatness” are pinguitūdō, obēsitās, pinguēdō. 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.