English → Latin
“looseness” in Latin
remissiōa sending back, release; a slackening, diminishing, abatement; relaxation, recreationlicetto be allowed; to be permitted; although, even iffluorflow (act of flowing)rāritāslooseness, thinness, the state of being loose, not dense; rarity, scarcity, moderation; a thing that is rare, a rarityrāritūdōloosenessdiarrhoeadiarrhoea
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
looseness
State of being loose, use the adjective; remissio (of what has been stretched tight).
Laxity of morals, licentia; vita dissolutior.
Diarrhoea, alvi profluvium (Cels.); solutiones ventris et stomachi (Plin., 23, 6, 6); fluor (Cels.).
Thinness, rarity, raritas (as a present or occasional property): raritudo (as a constant or uniform nature).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for looseness?
- The usual Latin words for “looseness” are remissiō, licet, fluor; also rāritās, rāritūdō, diarrhoea. 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.