pulchritudo
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From pulcher (“beautiful”) + -tūdō.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /pul.kʰriˈtuː.doː/, [pʊɫ̪kʰrɪˈt̪uːd̪oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pul.kriˈtu.do/, [pulkriˈt̪uːd̪o]
Noun edit
pulchritūdō f (genitive pulchritūdinis); third declension
- beauty, attractiveness
- Synonyms: faciēs, decor, decus
- Antonyms: dēdecus, dehonestāmentum
- excellence
- (by extension) a beautiful thing
Declension edit
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 edit
Descendants edit
- Italian: pulcritudine
- Middle English: pulcritude
- English: pulchritude
- Portuguese: pulcritude
- Spanish: pulcritud
References edit
- “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.