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crūdĭtas , ātis, f. id. (lit.
I.indigestion; hence, meton.),
I. (Effectus pro causa.) An overloading, repletion of the stomach, Cic. Sen. 13, 44; id. Fam. 9, 18, 4; id. Fat. 15, 34; Quint. 2, 21, 19; 5, 9, 11; Col. prooem. § 16; 6, 6, 1 al.—
B. Transf., of plants: “arbores laborant et fame et cruditate,” superabundance of nutritious juices, Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 219.—
II. (Abstr. pro concr.) Undigested food: “cruditates digerunt daucum, plantago, etc.,” Plin. 26, 7, 25, § 41; cf.: “cruditas fructuum,” i. e. bitterness, Pall. Febr. 9, 13.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (6):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 9.18.4
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 26.41
    • Cicero, De Fato, 15
    • Cicero, De Senectute, 13
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 2, 21.19
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 5, 9.11
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