crassitudo
Οἱ βασιλεῖς τῇ ἐγκυκλοπαιδείᾳ, αὐτὴ τοῖς βασιλεῦσι (Salamanca inscription) → The kings for the university, and the university for the kings
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
crassĭtūdo: ĭnis, f. crassus,
I thickness, density.
I Abstr. (in good prose): postes ...Quantā firmitate facti et quantā crassitudine, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 135: parietum, Caes. B. C. 2, 8: libramentum, in quo nulla omnino crassitudo sit, Cic. Ac. 2, 36, 116: columnarum, Vitr. 4, 4, 2: fornicum, Liv. 44, 11, 5 al.: stipites feminis crassitudine, Caes. B. G. 7, 73; cf. id. ib. 3, 13: aëris, Cic. Div. 1, 42, 93: cerae, Plin. 27, 9, 47, § 71: mellis, id. 28, 12, 50, § 187: (ostrea) crassitudine potius spectanda quam latitudine, id. 32, 6, 21, § 60.—
II Concr., a thick matter, dregs, sediment, Cato, R. R. 39, 1; Plin. 25, 11, 90, § 141.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
crassĭtūdō,¹³ ĭnis, f. (crassus), épaisseur : crassitudo parietum Cæs. C. 2, 8, 2, épaisseur des murs || consistance : crassitudo aeris Cic. Div. 1, 93, densité de l’air || matière consistante : Cato Agr. 39, 1 ; Plin. 25, 141.
Latin > German (Georges)
crassitūdo, dinis, f. (crassus), I) das Dicksein, die Dicke, aëris, Cic.: mellis, Plin. – bes. zur Ang. der Ausdehnung (Ggstz. latitudo u. longitudo), quantā firmitate facti (postes) et quantā crassitudine, Plaut.: teretes stipites feminis crassitudine (von Schenkeldicke), Caes.: transtra confixa clavis ferreis digiti pollicis crassitudine, Caes.: patebat parietum crassitudo pedes quinque, Caes.: bipalme spiculum hastili semicubitali infixum erat crassitudine digiti, Liv.: Plur., crassitudines columnarum, Vitr. – II) meton., die dicke Materie, das Dicke, Cato u. Plin.
Latin > English
crassitudo crassitudinis N F :: thickness (measure); density/consistency (liquid); richness (soil); sediment
