valetudo

See also: Valetudo, Valétudo, and vale-tudo

Latin

Alternative forms

• valitūdō

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂wl̥h₁éh₁yeti

Proto-Italic *walēō

Latin valeō

Proto-Indo-European *-tu-

Proto-Indo-European *-d-

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Italic *-tūdō

Latin -tūdō

Latin valētūdō

From valeō + -tūdō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [wa.ɫeːˈtuː.doː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [va.leˈtuː.do]

Noun

valētūdō f (genitive valētūdinis); third declension

1. state of health (usually bad unless deliberately expressed otherwise)

   Synonym: salūs

   Valetudine prosperrima usus est.

   He enjoyed excellent health.

2. illness

   Synonyms: aegritūdō, morbus, malum, pestis, labor, incommodum, infirmitas

3. ability, power

   Synonyms: fortitūdō, efficācia, capācitās, ops

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	valētūdō	valētūdinēs
genitive	valētūdinis	valētūdinum
dative	valētūdinī	valētūdinibus
accusative	valētūdinem	valētūdinēs
ablative	valētūdine	valētūdinibus
vocative	valētūdō	valētūdinēs

Derived terms

• valētūdinārius

Descendants

• → English: valetude, valitude

References

• “valetudo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “valetudo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "valetudo", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “valetudo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to enjoy good health: bona (firma, prospera) valetudine esse or uti (vid. sect. VI. 8., note uti...)
    
  • to take care of one's health: valetudini consulere, operam dare
    
  • to be ill, weakly: infirma, aegra valetudine esse or uti
    
  • to excuse oneself on the score of health: valetudinem (morbum) excusare (Liv. 6. 22. 7)
    
  • to excuse oneself on the score of health: valetudinis excusatione uti
    
  • to plead ill-health as an excuse for absence: excusare morbum, valetudinem