quietudo

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kʷi.eːˈtuː.doː/, [kᶣi.eːˈtuː.doː]

• Audio (Classical)

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Noun

quiētūdō f (genitive quiētūdinis); third declension

1. (hapax legomenon) rest, quietude, calmness

Usage notes

Known in Classical texts from only a single instance.

Inflection

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	quiētūdō	quiētūdinēs
genitive	quiētūdinis	quiētūdinum
dative	quiētūdinī	quiētūdinibus
accusative	quiētūdinem	quiētūdinēs
ablative	quiētūdine	quiētūdinibus
vocative	quiētūdō	quiētūdinēs

Descendants

• Catalan: quietud
• English: quietude
• French: quiétude

• Galician: quietude
• Portuguese: quietude
• Spanish: quietud

References

• quietudo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• quietudo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• quietudo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette