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“greenness” in Latin

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

greenness
viriditas (the quality of being green, e.g., pratorum): color viridis (green color): color perviridis (of a lively green): immaturitas (unripeness).
Freshness, Vid: GREET, salutare aliquem: salutem alicui dicere (by words); also, salutem alicui impertire or salute aliquem impertire (Vid: Zumpt, § 418): salutem alicui nunciare (by a third person). To greet anybody (in a letter), salutem alicui scribere; alicui plurimam salutem ascribere (stronger): all the members of my family greet you, tota nostra domus te salutat: to greet anybody in the name of anybody, nunciare alicui alicujus salutem; nunciare alicui salutem alicujus verbis (but not alicujus nomine; Vid: commentators on Nep., Them., 4, 3): to greet one another, salutem dare reddereque, or salutem accipere reddereque; inter se consalutare.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for greenness?
The usual Latin words for “greenness” are viriditās, immātūritās, prātum. 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.