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Latin
Etymology
Possibly from *crūrus (with dissimilation), from Proto-Italic *krūros, from Proto-Indo-European *kruh₂rós, from *krewh₂- (“raw meat, fresh blood”). Cognate with English raw.
Pronunciation
Adjective
crūdus (feminine crūda, neuter crūdum, comparative crūdior, superlative crūdissimus); first/second-declension adjective
- raw, bloody, bleeding
- immature, unripe, premature
- unprepared, raw, uncooked
- (figuratively) crude, cruel, rough
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Descendants
References
- “crudus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “crudus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- crudus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- crudus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN