dissimilitudo

Latin

Etymology

From dissimilis (“dissimilar, different”) +‎ -tūdō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /dis.si.mi.liˈtuː.doː/, [d̪ɪs̠ːɪmɪlʲɪˈt̪uːd̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /dis.si.mi.liˈtu.do/, [d̪isːimiliˈt̪uːd̪o]

Noun

dissimilitūdō f (genitive dissimilitūdinis); third declension

1. unlikeness, difference, dissimilitude

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dissimilitūdō	dissimilitūdinēs
Genitive	dissimilitūdinis	dissimilitūdinum
Dative	dissimilitūdinī	dissimilitūdinibus
Accusative	dissimilitūdinem	dissimilitūdinēs
Ablative	dissimilitūdine	dissimilitūdinibus
Vocative	dissimilitūdō	dissimilitūdinēs

Related terms

• dissimilis
• dissimiliter
• dissimulāmentum
• dissimulanter
• dissimulātiō
• dissimulātor
• dissimulō

Descendants

• English: dissimilitude
• Spanish: disimilitud

References

• “dissimilitudo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “dissimilitudo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• dissimilitudo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• dissimilitudo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.