bellitudo

Latin

Etymology

From bellus (“beautiful, pretty, pleasant”) +‎ -tūdō (“-itude, -ness”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /bel.liˈtuː.doː/, [bɛlːʲɪˈt̪uːd̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /bel.liˈtu.do/, [belːiˈt̪uːd̪o]

Noun

bellitūdō f (genitive bellitūdinis); third declension

1. beauty, loveliness, grace
2. elegance

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bellitūdō	bellitūdinēs
Genitive	bellitūdinis	bellitūdinum
Dative	bellitūdinī	bellitūdinibus
Accusative	bellitūdinem	bellitūdinēs
Ablative	bellitūdine	bellitūdinibus
Vocative	bellitūdō	bellitūdinēs

References

• “bellitudo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• bellitudo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.