honorificabilitudinitas

Latin

Etymology

From an extension of honōrificō (“to honor”) +‎ -bilis (“-able”) +‎ -tūdō (“-ness”) +‎ -itās (“-ity”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ho.noː.ri.fi.kaː.bi.li.tuːˈdi.ni.taːs/, [hɔnoːrɪfɪkäːbɪlʲɪt̪uːˈd̪ɪnɪt̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /o.no.ri.fi.ka.bi.li.tuˈdi.ni.tas/, [onorifikäbilit̪uˈd̪iːnit̪äs]

Noun

honōrificābilitūdinitās f (genitive honōrificābilitūdinitātis); third declension (Medieval Latin, rare)

1. the state of being able to achieve honors

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	honōrificābilitūdinitās	honōrificābilitūdinitātēs
Genitive	honōrificābilitūdinitātis	honōrificābilitūdinitātum
Dative	honōrificābilitūdinitātī	honōrificābilitūdinitātibus
Accusative	honōrificābilitūdinitātem	honōrificābilitūdinitātēs
Ablative	honōrificābilitūdinitāte	honōrificābilitūdinitātibus
Vocative	honōrificābilitūdinitās	honōrificābilitūdinitātēs

Descendants

• → English: honorificabilitudinity (learned)

From honōrificābilitūdinitātibus:

• → English: honorificabilitudinitatibus (learned)
• → French: honorificabilitudinitatibe (learned)

Further reading

• honorificabilitudinitas 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)