pulchritudo
Latin
Alternative forms
- pulcritūdō
Etymology
From pulcher (“beautiful”) + -tūdō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pʊɫ.kʰrɪˈtuː.doː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [pul.kriˈt̪uː.d̪o]
Noun
pulchritūdō f (genitive pulchritūdinis); third declension
- beauty, attractiveness
- Synonyms: faciēs, decor, decus
- Antonyms: dēdecus, dehonestāmentum
- excellence
- (by extension) a beautiful thing
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | pulchritūdō | pulchritūdinēs |
| genitive | pulchritūdinis | pulchritūdinum |
| dative | pulchritūdinī | pulchritūdinibus |
| accusative | pulchritūdinem | pulchritūdinēs |
| ablative | pulchritūdine | pulchritūdinibus |
| vocative | pulchritūdō | pulchritūdinēs |
Related terms
Descendants
- Italian: pulcritudine
- 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.