noun

pinguĭtūdo

gen. pinguĭtūdĭnis · gender feminine · decl. 3rd

fatness; richness; coarseness

fatness, richness, coarseness, rankness.

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Lit.: vere sus usque adeo pinguitudine crescere solet, ut, etc., Cato ap. Varr. R. R. 2, 4; Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 6; Plin. 11, 37, 71, § 186: olei, Col. 12, 52, 17: soli, id. 4, 24, 19: palmitis, Pall. 3, 12, 2.—

broadness; coarseness by extension

Transf., broadness, coarseness of pronunciation, opp. to exilitas, Quint. 1, 11, 4 (v. l. pinguedine).

Perseus ID: n36358 Key: pinguitudo