macritudo

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

mā̆crĭtūdo, ĭnis, f. [1. macer],

leanness, thinness, meagreness (for macies): ossa atque pellis sum, miser macritudine, Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 26 Weise (1, 2, 32 Brix and Fleck., who read aegritudine; acc. to Non. 136, 2).