habitus

See also: Habitus

English

Habitus (general appearance) of the beetle Cucujus haematodes.

Etymology

From Latin habitus (“habit”), from habeō (“have; maintain”).

Noun

habitus (countable and uncountable, plural habiti) (Almost all uses of the word in English are in noncount senses; thus, the plural habiti, corresponding to the Latin plural, is rare in English.)

1. (zoology) habitude; mode of life; bearing.
2. (zoology, chiefly invertebrates) General appearance.
3. (botany) habit
4. (anatomy, medicine) the general shape and appearance of the body, usually with reference to weight, adipose distribution, posture, and gait; most often called by the collocation body habitus.
5. (sociology) The lifestyle, values, dispositions and expectations of particular social groups that are acquired through the activities and experiences of everyday life.
6. (liturgy) The liturgical clothing of monks, nuns and the clerical community, metaphorically referring to the religious mode of life.

Usage notes

• The main distinction between usage in botany versus zoology is that a plant's habit is a more or less technical statement of its growth form and structure (e.g. liana vs. tree vs. acaulescent herbaceous), while in zoology, the habitus is often not even qualified or described other than to serve as a more technical statement that the taxon resembles another. This is especially common for Hexapoda and Arachnida.

Translations

habitude

• Finnish: habitus (fi), ulkomuoto (fi)
• German: Habitus (de) m
• Ukrainian: габітус m (habitus)

References

• habitus in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

• ushabti

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin habitus (“habit”), a noun based on habeō (“have; maintain”).

Pronunciation

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• Hyphenation: ha‧bi‧tus

Noun

habitus m (plural habitussen)

1. manner, behaviour
2. general physical appearance such as shape of the body
3. (zoology) general appearance and/or behaviour of a plant

Descendants

• → Indonesian: habitus

Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism (see English habitus), ultimately from Latin habitus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɑbitus/, [ˈhɑbit̪us̠]
• Rhymes: -ɑbitus
• Syllabification^(key): ha‧bi‧tus

Noun

habitus

1. habitus

Declension

Inflection of habitus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
nominative		habitus	habitukset
genitive		habituksen	habitusten habituksien
partitive		habitusta	habituksia
illative		habitukseen	habituksiin
		singular	plural
nominative		habitus	habitukset
accusative	nom.	habitus	habitukset
	gen.	habituksen
genitive		habituksen	habitusten habituksien
partitive		habitusta	habituksia
inessive		habituksessa	habituksissa
elative		habituksesta	habituksista
illative		habitukseen	habituksiin
adessive		habituksella	habituksilla
ablative		habitukselta	habituksilta
allative		habitukselle	habituksille
essive		habituksena	habituksina
translative		habitukseksi	habituksiksi
instructive		—	habituksin
abessive		habituksetta	habituksitta
comitative		—	habituksineen

Possessive forms of habitus (type vastaus)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	habitukseni	habituksemme
2nd person	habituksesi	habituksenne
3rd person	habituksensa

Synonyms

• ulkomuoto

Indonesian

Etymology

Internationalism, borrowed from Dutch habitus, from Latin habitus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /haˈbitʊs/
• Rhymes: -tʊs, -ʊs, -s
• Hyphenation: ha‧bi‧tus

Noun

habitus (plural habitus-habitus, first-person possessive habitusku, second-person possessive habitusmu, third-person possessive habitusnya)

1. habitus:
   1. (zoology) general appearance
   2. (medicine) the general shape and appearance of the body, usually with reference to weight, adipose distribution, posture, and gait.

      Synonyms: bentuk badan, perawakan

   3. (sociology) the lifestyle, values, dispositions and expectations of particular social groups that are acquired through the activities and experiences of everyday life.
2. habit:
   1. (psychology) an action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness.
   2. (botany) the characteristic form in which a given species of plant grows.

Related terms

• habitat
• habituasi

 

Further reading

• “habitus” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Latin

Etymology 1

Perfect passive participle of habeō (“have”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈha.bi.tus/, [ˈhäbɪt̪ʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.bi.tus/, [ˈäːbit̪us]

Participle

habitus (feminine habita, neuter habitum); first/second-declension participle

1. retained, maintained, having been maintained
2. (by extension) well-kept; stout, fleshy, burly

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	habitus	habita	habitum		habitī	habitae	habita
Genitive	habitī	habitae	habitī		habitōrum	habitārum	habitōrum
Dative	habitō		habitō		habitīs
Accusative	habitum	habitam	habitum		habitōs	habitās	habita
Ablative	habitō	habitā	habitō		habitīs
Vocative	habite	habita	habitum		habitī	habitae	habita

Descendants

• Sardinian: àpidu, àpitu, àpiu

Etymology 2

From habeō (I have) +‎ -tus (noun formation suffix).

Noun

habitus m (genitive habitūs); fourth declension

1. external aspect, appearance, posture, frame

   Synonyms: speciēs, faciēs, fōrma, frōns

2. habit; disposition; character

   Synonyms: indolēs, natura, ingenium, mēns, character

3. physical or emotional condition
4. dress, attire

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	habitus	habitūs
Genitive	habitūs	habituum
Dative	habituī	habitibus
Accusative	habitum	habitūs
Ablative	habitū	habitibus
Vocative	habitus	habitūs

Descendants

• → Asturian: hábitu
• → Bulgarian: хабитус (habitus)
• → Catalan: hàbit
• → Dutch: habitus
• → English: habit, habitus
• → Finnish: habitus
• → German: Habitus
• → Italian: abito
• → Lombard: abet
• → Old French: abit (see there for further descendants)
• → Old Irish: aibit
  • Irish: aibíd
  • Scottish Gaelic: abaid
• → Old Portuguese: abito
  • Galician: hábito
  • Portuguese: hábito
• → Polish: habit
• → Russian: га́битус (gábitus)
• → Spanish: hábito
• → Ukrainian: габітус (habitus)
• → Venetian: abito
  • → Cimbrian: abito

References

• “habitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “habitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• habitus in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2023) Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
• habitus 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)
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • humour; disposition: animi affectio or habitus (De Inv. 2. 5)
    

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin habitus.

Noun

habitus n (plural habitusuri)

1. habitus

Declension

Declension of habitus

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) habitus	habitusul	(niște) habitusuri	habitusurile
genitive/dative	(unui) habitus	habitusului	(unor) habitusuri	habitusurilor
vocative	habitusule		habitusurilor