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“sickliness” in Latin
incommodusinconvenient, unsuitable, unfit, unseasonable; troublesome, disagreeableīnfirmusweak, feeble; unhealthy, infirm, indisposed, sick; inconclusivemalusunpleasant, distressing, painful, nasty, bad; unpleasant to the senses, sight, smell, taste, touch; bad, evil, wicked, mvalētūdōstate of health (usually bad unless deliberately expressed otherwise); illness; ability, powerīnfirmitāsweakness, feebleness, infirmity; sickness
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
sickliness
ad aegrotandum proclivitas (Cic., Tusc. 4, 12, 48): valetudo tenuis, incommoda, infirma, infirma atque aegra, mala: valetudinis imbecillitas; or, from the context, simply valetudo (a weak state of health): corporis imbecillitas or infirmitas (bodily infirmity): ☞ not invaletudo, for which Orelli has restored valetudo from Codices in all passages of Cic., where it occurred in old editions; Vid: his remarks on Cic., Att., 7, 2, 1. Freund marks the word as doubtful.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for sickliness?
- The usual Latin words for “sickliness” are incommodus, īnfirmus, malus; also valētūdō, īnfirmitās. 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.