lentitudo

Latin

Etymology

From lentus +‎ -tūdō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /len.tiˈtuː.doː/, [ɫ̪ɛn̪t̪ɪˈt̪uːd̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /len.tiˈtu.do/, [len̪t̪iˈt̪uːd̪o]

Noun

lentitūdō f (genitive lentitūdinis); third declension

1. sluggishness, dullness
2. apathy, insensibility

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lentitūdō	lentitūdinēs
Genitive	lentitūdinis	lentitūdinum
Dative	lentitūdinī	lentitūdinibus
Accusative	lentitūdinem	lentitūdinēs
Ablative	lentitūdine	lentitūdinibus
Vocative	lentitūdō	lentitūdinēs

Derived terms

• Catalan: lentitud
• Portuguese: lentidão
• Spanish: lentitud

Related terms

• lentē
• lentēscō
• lentulus
• lentus

References

• “lentitudo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “lentitudo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• lentitudo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.