aditus
See also: adītus
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin aditus.
Pronunciation
- singular
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈæ.dɪ.təs/
- plural
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈæ.dɪ.tuːs/
Noun
aditus (plural aditus)
- the entrance to a cavity or channel
Translations
the entrance to a cavity or channel
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See also
- adit
Anagrams
- audist, audits
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈa.di.tus/, [ˈäd̪ɪt̪ʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈa.di.tus/, [ˈäːd̪it̪us]
Etymology 1
Verbal noun of adeō, form by analogy from itus (eō: itus; adeō: ?).
Noun
aditus m (genitive aditūs); fourth declension
- approach, access
- attack
- entrance
- Caesar, de Bello Gallico VII, 15:
- unum habeat et perangustum aditum
- and has a very narrow entrance
- unum habeat et perangustum aditum
- chance, opportunity, means
Declension
Fourth-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | aditus | aditūs |
| Genitive | aditūs | adituum |
| Dative | adituī | aditibus |
| Accusative | aditum | aditūs |
| Ablative | aditū | aditibus |
| Vocative | aditus | aditūs |
Descendants
- Galician: eido
- Portuguese: aido, eido
- → English: aditus
- → Italian: adito
- → Portuguese: ádito
Etymology 2
Perfect passive participle of adeō.
Participle
aditus (feminine adita, neuter aditum); first/second-declension participle
- approached
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | aditus | adita | aditum | aditī | aditae | adita | |
| Genitive | aditī | aditae | aditī | aditōrum | aditārum | aditōrum | |
| Dative | aditō | aditō | aditīs | ||||
| Accusative | aditum | aditam | aditum | aditōs | aditās | adita | |
| Ablative | aditō | aditā | aditō | aditīs | |||
| Vocative | adite | adita | aditum | aditī | aditae | adita | |
References
- “aditus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “aditus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- aditus 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)
- aditus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette