English → Latin
“sourness” in Latin
aciditāssourness, acidityacerbitāssourness of taste, with bitterness and astringency, like that of unripe fruit; harshness, severity; sorrowmōrōsitāspeevishness, fretfulness, moroseness, gloom, ill-humor, moodiness, morosity; niceness, pedantry, over-scrupulousness, totrīstitiasadness, sorrow, melancholy, sloth; the (sad) state of things; moroseness, sournesssevēritāsseriousness, gravity, sternness, strictness, severityasperitāsunevenness, roughness; harshness, sharpness, acidity, tartness; severity, fierceness, asperity
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
sourness
aciditas (late): acidus sapor (acid taste).
Of temper, acerbitas: morositas: tristitia: severitas: asperitas.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for sourness?
- The usual Latin words for “sourness” are aciditās, acerbitās, mōrōsitās; also trīstitia, sevēritās, asperitās. 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.