habitus
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin habitus (“habit”), from habeō (“have; maintain”). The plural habiti is a pseudo-Latin innovation in English, as the plural of the Latin noun is in fact habitūs, with lengthened vowel, the word being an u-stem. This is reflected by the English plural habitus which is occasionally encountered. (The form habitī does exist in Latin as well, but it is irrelevant as it is the plural form of the participle habitus -- and not of the noun habitus which is the source of this English term.)
Noun edit
habitus (countable and uncountable, plural habiti or habitus or habituses)
- (zoology) habitude; mode of life; bearing.
- (zoology, chiefly invertebrates) General appearance.
- 1963, Alan H. Cheetham, Late Eocene Zoogeography of the Eastern Gulf Coast Region, page 30:
- [M]any species having eschariform zoaria in quiet water are able to assume the membraniporiform habitus in strongly agitated water.
- (botany) habit
- (anatomy, medicine) the general shape and appearance of the body, usually with reference to weight, adipose distribution, posture, and gait; most often called by the collocation body habitus.
- (sociology) The lifestyle, values, dispositions and expectations of particular social groups that are acquired through the activities and experiences of everyday life.
- (liturgy) The liturgical clothing of monks, nuns and the clerical community, metaphorically referring to the religious mode of life.
Usage notes edit
- The plural is quite rare.
- The main distinction between usage in botany versus zoology is that a plant's habit is a more or less technical statement of its growth form and structure (e.g. liana vs. tree vs. acaulescent herbaceous), while in zoology, the habitus is often not even qualified or described other than to serve as a more technical statement that the taxon resembles another. This is especially common for Hexapoda and Arachnida.
Translations edit
References edit
- “habitus”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams edit
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin habitus (“habit”), a noun based on habeō (“have; maintain”).
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: ha‧bi‧tus
Noun edit
habitus m (plural habitussen or habitus)
- manner, behaviour
- general physical appearance such as shape of the body
- (botany) general appearance and/or behaviour of a plant
Descendants edit
- → Indonesian: habitus
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Internationalism (see English habitus), ultimately from Latin habitus.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
habitus
Declension edit
Inflection of habitus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | habitus | habitukset | ||
genitive | habituksen | habitusten habituksien | ||
partitive | habitusta | habituksia | ||
illative | habitukseen | habituksiin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | habitus | habitukset | ||
accusative | nom. | habitus | habitukset | |
gen. | habituksen | |||
genitive | habituksen | habitusten habituksien | ||
partitive | habitusta | habituksia | ||
inessive | habituksessa | habituksissa | ||
elative | habituksesta | habituksista | ||
illative | habitukseen | habituksiin | ||
adessive | habituksella | habituksilla | ||
ablative | habitukselta | habituksilta | ||
allative | habitukselle | habituksille | ||
essive | habituksena | habituksina | ||
translative | habitukseksi | habituksiksi | ||
abessive | habituksetta | habituksitta | ||
instructive | — | habituksin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms edit
Further reading edit
- “habitus”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
Internationalism, borrowed from Dutch habitus, from Latin habitus.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
habitus (plural habitus-habitus, first-person possessive habitusku, second-person possessive habitusmu, third-person possessive habitusnya)
- habitus:
- (zoology) general appearance
- (medicine) the general shape and appearance of the body, usually with reference to weight, adipose distribution, posture, and gait.
- Synonyms: bentuk badan, perawakan
- (sociology) the lifestyle, values, dispositions and expectations of particular social groups that are acquired through the activities and experiences of everyday life.
- habit:
- (psychology) an action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness.
- (botany) the characteristic form in which a given species of plant grows.
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “habitus” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Latin edit
Etymology 1 edit
Perfect passive participle of habeō (“have”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈha.bi.tus/, [ˈhäbɪt̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈa.bi.tus/, [ˈäːbit̪us]
Participle edit
habitus (feminine habita, neuter habitum); first/second-declension participle
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | habitus | habita | habitum | habitī | habitae | habita | |
Genitive | habitī | habitae | habitī | habitōrum | habitārum | habitōrum | |
Dative | habitō | habitō | habitīs | ||||
Accusative | habitum | habitam | habitum | habitōs | habitās | habita | |
Ablative | habitō | habitā | habitō | habitīs | |||
Vocative | habite | habita | habitum | habitī | habitae | habita |
Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
From habeō (I have) + -tus (noun formation suffix).
Noun edit
habitus m (genitive habitūs); fourth declension
- external aspect, appearance, posture, frame
- habit; disposition; character
- physical or emotional condition
- dress, attire
Declension edit
Fourth-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | habitus | habitūs |
Genitive | habitūs | habituum |
Dative | habituī | habitibus |
Accusative | habitum | habitūs |
Ablative | habitū | habitibus |
Vocative | habitus | habitūs |
Descendants edit
- → Asturian: hábitu
- → Bulgarian: хабитус (habitus)
- → Catalan: hàbit
- → Dutch: habitus
- → English: habit, habitus
- → Finnish: habitus
- → German: Habitus
- → Italian: abito
- → Lombard: abet
- → Old French: abit (see there for further descendants)
- → Old Irish: aibit
- → Old Galician-Portuguese: abito
- → Polish: habit
- → Russian: га́битус (gábitus)
- → Spanish: hábito
- → Ukrainian: габітус (habitus)
- → Venetian: abito
- → Cimbrian: abito
References edit
- “habitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “habitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- habitus in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
- habitus 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)
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
- humour; disposition: animi affectio or habitus (De Inv. 2. 5)
- humour; disposition: animi affectio or habitus (De Inv. 2. 5)
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
habitus n (plural habitusuri)
Declension edit
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) habitus | habitusul | (niște) habitusuri | habitusurile |
genitive/dative | (unui) habitus | habitusului | (unor) habitusuri | habitusurilor |
vocative | habitusule | habitusurilor |