English → Latin
“roughness” in Latin
asperitāsunevenness, roughness; harshness, sharpness, acidity, tartness; severity, fierceness, asperityasprēdoroughnessaspritūdōroughnesscrassitūdōthickness (measure of); density; sediment, dregsviaroad, street, path; highway; way, method, manner, modefaucēsthe upper part of a throat; pharynx; gullet; a narrow entrance; entry passage; defile; gorge; the jaws of the earth; gulcaelumheaven (where the stars and the Milky Way is); sky; climate, weathervōxvoice; accent; speech, remark, expression, (turn of) phrasevīnumwine; grapes; a grapevineinhūmānitāsinhumanity; barbarity, savagery; surliness, churlishness
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
roughness
asperitas (e.g., viarum, faucium, caeli, vocis; opposed to lenitas vocis, vini; also naturae, and of character): aspredo and asperitudo (Cels.): crassitudo (opposed to fineness).
Roughness of manners, etc., inhumanitas, inurbanitas: rusticitas: mores inculti or rustici: Roughness of speech, verba rustica (rough, coarse words): maledicta: probra: probra et maledicta (abuse, etc.): contumeliae (insulting language). Roughness of mind, ingenium incultum (want of cultivation): asperitas animi (savage roughness): feritas animi. A savage or brutal roughness of mind, feritas animi et agrestis immanitas.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for roughness?
- The usual Latin words for “roughness” are asperitās, asprēdo, aspritūdō; also crassitūdō, via, faucēs. 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.