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“thick” in Latin
dēnsusdense, compact; crowded, close; frequentcondēnsusvery dense; crowded, packedspissusthick, close, compact, dense, crowded; slow, tardy, late; hard, difficultsolidusdense, solid, not hollow; whole, entire, thorough, full; firmcōnferciōto fill completely, stuff full ofartusnarrow; close; fitted; confined; dense; severe; strict; scanty; briefturbiduswild, stormy; muddy, turbid; murky, foggy, clouded, opaqueturbōto disturb, unsettle, agitate, perturb; to upsetfaeculentusabounding in dregs or sediment; thick, impure; feculentperviushaving a passage through; passable, penetrable, traversable
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
thick
densus: condensus (consisting of compressed parts; opposed to rarus): spissus (consisting of parts so compressed that scarcely any interstices are visible; almost impervious, impenetrable; opposed to solutus): solidus (consisting of a firm mass, massive; opposed to cassus., pervius): confertus (pressed together, crammed, as it were; opposed to rarus): artior or arctior (compressed into a small space): turbidus: turbatus: faeculentus (muddy, not clear). The thickest part of the wood, opacissima nemorum (Col.): thick darkness, crassae tenebrae (Cic.): a thick wood, silva densa (Cic.); condensa (plur.) arborum (Plin.); opaca sepes (Plin.); nemus nigrum or obscurum (Verg., Sen.); nemus atrum horrenti umbra (Verg.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for thick?
- The usual Latin words for “thick” are dēnsus, condēnsus, spissus; also solidus, cōnferciō, artus. 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.