solitudo

Latin

Etymology

From sōlus (alone; solitary, deserted).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /soː.liˈtuː.doː/, [soː.lɪˈtuː.doː]

Noun

sōlitūdō f (genitive sōlitūdinis); third declension

  1. An instance of being alone; loneliness, solitariness, solitude.
  2. A lonely place; desert, wilderness.
  3. A state of want, destitution, deprivation.

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sōlitūdō sōlitūdinēs
Genitive sōlitūdinis sōlitūdinum
Dative sōlitūdinī sōlitūdinibus
Accusative sōlitūdinem sōlitūdinēs
Ablative sōlitūdine sōlitūdinibus
Vocative sōlitūdō sōlitūdinēs

Descendants

References

  • solitudo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • solitudo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • solitudo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • solitudo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to live in solitude: in solitudine vivere (Fin. 3. 20. 65)
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