pulchritudo

Latin

Alternative forms

• pulcritūdō

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

1. beauty, attractiveness
2. excellence
3. (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

• pulcher
• pulchrē
• pulchrēscō

 

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.