aditus

See also: adītus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aditus.

Pronunciation

singular

• IPA^(key): /ˈæ.dɪ.təs/

plural

• IPA^(key): /ˈæ.dɪ.tuːs/

Noun

aditus (plural aditus)

1. the entrance to a cavity or channel

Translations

the entrance to a cavity or channel

• Portuguese: ádito (pt) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

See also

• adit

Anagrams

• audist, audits

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈa.di.tus/, [ˈäd̪ɪt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.di.tus/, [ˈäːd̪it̪us]

Etymology 1

Verbal noun of adeō, form by analogy from itus (eō: itus; adeō: ?).

Noun

aditus m (genitive aditūs); fourth declension

1. approach, access
2. attack
3. entrance
4. chance, opportunity, means

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	aditus	aditūs
Genitive	aditūs	adituum
Dative	adituī	aditibus
Accusative	aditum	aditūs
Ablative	aditū	aditibus
Vocative	aditus	aditūs

Descendants

• English: aditus
• Galician: eido
• Italian: adito
• Portuguese: ádito

Etymology 2

Perfect passive participle of adeō.

Participle

aditus (feminine adita, neuter aditum); first/second-declension participle

1. approached

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	aditus	adita	aditum		aditī	aditae	adita
Genitive	aditī	aditae	aditī		aditōrum	aditārum	aditōrum
Dative	aditō		aditō		aditīs
Accusative	aditum	aditam	aditum		aditōs	aditās	adita
Ablative	aditō	aditā	aditō		aditīs
Vocative	adite	adita	aditum		aditī	aditae	adita

References

• “aditus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “aditus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• aditus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• aditus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.