English → Latin
“fewness” in Latin
paucitāsscarcity, paucityexiguitāsscantiness; smallness, shortness; scarcityrāritāslooseness, thinness, the state of being loose, not dense; rarity, scarcity, moderation; a thing that is rare, a rarity
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
fewness
paucitas: exiguitas: Fewness of friends, penuria amicorum. [Vid :, also, WANT.]
Rarity, raritas (the rare existence or presence of anything).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for fewness?
- The usual Latin words for “fewness” are paucitās, exiguitās, rāritās. 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.