pulchritudo

Latin

Alternative forms

pulcritūdō

Etymology

From pulcher (“beautiful”) +‎ -tūdō.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /pul.kʰriˈtuː.doː/, [pʊɫ̪kʰrɪˈt̪uːd̪oː]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pul.kriˈtu.do/, [pulkriˈt̪uːd̪o]

Noun

pulchritūdō f (genitive pulchritūdinis); third declension

beauty, attractiveness
Synonyms: faciēs, decor, decus

Antonyms: dēdecus, dehonestāmentum
excellence
(by extension) a beautiful thing

Declension

Third-declension noun.

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

Related terms

pulcher
pulchrē
pulchrēscō

Descendants

Italian: pulcritudine
Middle English: pulcritude
- English: pulchritude
Portuguese: pulcritude
Spanish: pulcritud

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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