pulchritudo

Latin

Alternative forms
  • pulcritūdō

Etymology

From pulcher (“beautiful”) +‎ -tūdō.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /pul.kʰriˈtuː.doː/, [pʊɫ.kʰrɪˈtuː.doː]

Noun

pulchritūdō f (genitive pulchritūdinis); third declension

  1. beauty, attractiveness
  2. excellence
  3. (by extension) a beautiful thing

Declension

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative pulchritūdō pulchritūdinēs
Genitive pulchritūdinis pulchritūdinum
Dative pulchritūdinī pulchritūdinibus
Accusative pulchritūdinem pulchritūdinēs
Ablative pulchritūdine pulchritūdinibus
Vocative pulchritūdō pulchritūdinēs

Descendants

References
  • pulchritudo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • pulchritudo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • pulchritudo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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