auditus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of audiō (“I hear”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /au̯ˈdiː.tus/, [äu̯ˈd̪iːt̪ʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /au̯ˈdi.tus/, [äu̯ˈd̪iːt̪us]

Participle

audītus (feminine audīta, neuter audītum); first/second-declension participle

1. heard, having been listened to.
2. accepted, agreed, having been accepted upon hearing.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	audītus	audīta	audītum		audītī	audītae	audīta
Genitive	audītī	audītae	audītī		audītōrum	audītārum	audītōrum
Dative	audītō		audītō		audītīs
Accusative	audītum	audītam	audītum		audītōs	audītās	audīta
Ablative	audītō	audītā	audītō		audītīs
Vocative	audīte	audīta	audītum		audītī	audītae	audīta

Noun

audītus m (genitive audītūs); fourth declension

1. a listening, hearing

   Synonym: audītiō

2. the sense of hearing

   Synonym: audītiō

3. a rumor

   Synonym: audītiō

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	audītus	audītūs
Genitive	audītūs	audītuum
Dative	audītuī	audītibus
Accusative	audītum	audītūs
Ablative	audītū	audītibus
Vocative	audītus	audītūs

Related terms

• audiēns
• audientia
• audiō
• audītiō
• audītor
• audītōriālis
• audītōrium
• audītōrius

 

Descendants

• Asturian: oyíu
• Catalan: oïda, oït
• French: ouïe, ouï
• Friulian: uldide
• Galician: oído
• Italian: udito
• Occitan: ausida
• Old Galician-Portuguese: oydo, ouvydo
  • Portuguese: ouvido
• Romanian: auzit
• Romansch: udida
• Spanish: oído
• → English: audit
• → Portuguese: audito
• → Spanish: audio

References

• “auditus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “auditus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• auditus 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)
• auditus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • no sound passed his lips: nulla vox est ab eo audita