habitudo

Latin

Etymology

From habitus, itself from habeō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ha.biˈtuː.doː/, [häbɪˈt̪uːd̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.biˈtu.do/, [äbiˈt̪uːd̪o]

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.

Case	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.