quietudo
Latin
Etymology
From quiēs (“rest, repose, quiet, calm”) + -tūdō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kʷi.eːˈtuː.doː/, [kʷieːˈt̪uːd̪oː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kwi.eˈtu.do/, [kwieˈt̪uːd̪o]
Noun
quiētūdō f (genitive quiētūdinis); third declension
- (hapax) rest, quietude, calmness
Usage notes
Known in Classical texts from only a single instance.
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | quiētūdō | quiētūdinēs |
| Genitive | quiētūdinis | quiētūdinum |
| Dative | quiētūdinī | quiētūdinibus |
| Accusative | quiētūdinem | quiētūdinēs |
| Ablative | quiētūdine | quiētūdinibus |
| Vocative | quiētūdō | quiētūdinēs |
Descendants
- Catalan: quietud
- English: quietude
- French: quiétude
- Galician: quietude
- Portuguese: quietude
- Spanish: quietud
References
- “quietudo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- quietudo 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)
- quietudo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette