habitudo

Latin

Etymology

From habitus, itself from habeō.

Pronunciation

Noun

habitūdō f (genitive habitūdinis); third declension

  1. condition, plight, habit, appearance
    • Apuleius, De Dogmate Platonis, Liber Primus
      Platoni habitudo corporis cognomentum dedit; namque Aristocles prius est nominatus.
  2. in medieval logic, the semantic content that links two terms, a relation

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative habitūdō habitūdinēs
genitive habitūdinis habitūdinum
dative habitūdinī habitūdinibus
accusative habitūdinem habitūdinēs
ablative habitūdine habitūdinibus
vocative habitūdō habitūdinēs

Descendants

  • Catalan: habitud
  • French: habitude
  • Italian: abitudine
  • Romagnol: abitùdina

References

  • habitudo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • habitudo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • habitudo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.