claritudo

Latin

Etymology

From clārus +‎ -tūdō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /klaː.riˈtuː.doː/, [kɫ̪äːrɪˈt̪uːd̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kla.riˈtu.do/, [kläriˈt̪uːd̪o]

Noun

clāritūdō f (genitive clāritūdinis); third declension

1. clearness, brightness, clarity
2. reputation, renown, fame, celebrity

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	clāritūdō	clāritūdinēs
Genitive	clāritūdinis	clāritūdinum
Dative	clāritūdinī	clāritūdinibus
Accusative	clāritūdinem	clāritūdinēs
Ablative	clāritūdine	clāritūdinibus
Vocative	clāritūdō	clāritūdinēs

Descendants

• English: claritude
• Spanish: claritud

References

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