longitudo

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin longitūdō (“length, longitude”) (which is derived from Latin longus (“long”)); from English longitude; from French longitude.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lonɡiˈtudo/
• Hyphenation: lon‧gi‧tu‧do

Noun

longitudo (accusative singular longitudon, plural longitudoj, accusative plural longitudojn)

1. (geography) longitude (imaginary lines from the North Pole to the South Pole)

Related terms

• latitudo

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Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto longitudo, English longitude, French longitude, Italian longitudine, from Latin longitūdō (“length, longitude”) (which is derived from longus (“long”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lon.ɡiˈtu.do/

Noun

longitudo (plural longitudi)

1. (geography) longitude

Related terms

• latitudo

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Latin

Etymology

From longus (“far, long”) +‎ -tūdō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /lon.ɡiˈtuː.doː/, [ɫ̪ɔŋ.ɡɪˈt̪uː.d̪oː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /lon.d͡ʒiˈtu.do/, [lɔn̠ʲ.d͡ʒiˈt̪uː.d̪ɔ]

Noun

longitūdō f (genitive longitūdinis); third declension

1. (of space) Length, longitude; longness.
2. (of time) A (long) duration, length.
3. (of writing or speech) lengthiness
4. vocative singular of longitūdō

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	longitūdō	longitūdinēs
Genitive	longitūdinis	longitūdinum
Dative	longitūdinī	longitūdinibus
Accusative	longitūdinem	longitūdinēs
Ablative	longitūdine	longitūdinibus
Vocative	longitūdō	longitūdinēs

Synonyms

• (duration): longiturnitās
• (length): longinquitās, longitia

Related terms

Related terms

• longaevitās
• longaevus
• longanimis
• longanimitās
• longanimiter
• longē
• longiloquium

• longinquē
• longinquitās
• longinquō
• longinquus
• longipēs
• longīscō

• longiter
• longitia
• longiturnitās
• longiturnus
• longiusculē
• longiusculus

• longivīvāx
• longulē
• longulus
• longuriō
• longurius
• longus

Descendants

• Catalan: longitud
• English: longitude
• Esperanto: longitudo
• French: longitude
• Friulian: longjitudin
• Galician: lonxitude
• Ido: longitudo
• Italian: longitudine
• Occitan: longitud
• Piedmontese: longitùdin
• Portuguese: longitude
• Spanish: longitud, longitúdine, longedumbre

References

• longitudo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• longitudo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• longitudo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• longitudo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to extend in breadth, in length: in latitudinem, in longitudinem patere