pulchritudo
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From pulcher (“beautiful”) + -tūdō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /pul.kʰriˈtuː.doː/, [pʊɫ̪kʰrɪˈt̪uːd̪oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pul.kriˈtu.do/, [pulkriˈt̪uːd̪o]
Noun
pulchritūdō f (genitive pulchritūdinis); third declension
- beauty, attractiveness
- excellence
- (by extension) a beautiful thing
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | pulchritūdō | pulchritūdinēs |
Genitive | pulchritūdinis | pulchritūdinum |
Dative | pulchritūdinī | pulchritūdinibus |
Accusative | pulchritūdinem | pulchritūdinēs |
Ablative | pulchritūdine | pulchritūdinibus |
Vocative | pulchritūdō | pulchritūdinēs |
Related terms
Descendants
- Middle English: pulcritude
- English: pulchritude
- Portuguese: pulcritude
- Spanish: pulcritud
References
- “pulchritudo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “pulchritudo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- pulchritudo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.