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“unhealthiness” in Latin
tenuisthin, slender, slim, lank; especially; fine, rare, thin; pure, clear, not coarse; weak, feeble, tenuousincommodusinconvenient, unsuitable, unfit, unseasonable; troublesome, disagreeableīnfirmusweak, feeble; unhealthy, infirm, indisposed, sick; inconclusivevalētūdōstate of health (usually bad unless deliberately expressed otherwise); illness; ability, powerīnfirmitāsweakness, feebleness, infirmity; sicknesspestilentiainfectious or contagious disease; plague, pestilencegravitāsweight, heaviness; gravity, seriousness; severity, harshness
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
unhealthiness
(1) (1) Of men, ad aegrotandum proclivitas (a predisposition for any illness, Cic., Tusc., 4, 12, 28): tenuis or incommoda, or infirma, or infirma atque aegra, or mala valetudo: valetudinis imbecillitas, or (from context) valetudo only (weak health): corporis imbecillitas or infirmitas (bodily weakness). ☞ Instead of invaletudo in Cic., Orelli has introduced every where valetudo, the reading of the best manuscripts (Vid: his notes to Cic., Att., 7, 2, 1.) (2) Unhealthy nature of a place, etc., pestilens loci natura; of the season, pestilentia, gravitas or intemperies caeli.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for unhealthiness?
- The usual Latin words for “unhealthiness” are tenuis, incommodus, īnfirmus; also valētūdō, īnfirmitās, pestilentia. 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.