maestitudo
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From maestus (“sad, sorrowful”) + -tūdō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [mae̯s.tɪˈtuː.doː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [mes.tiˈtuː.do]
Noun
maestitūdō f (genitive maestitūdinis); third declension
- (Plautine, post-classical) sadness
- Synonym: (classical) maestitia
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | maestitūdō | maestitūdinēs |
| genitive | maestitūdinis | maestitūdinum |
| dative | maestitūdinī | maestitūdinibus |
| accusative | maestitūdinem | maestitūdinēs |
| ablative | maestitūdine | maestitūdinibus |
| vocative | maestitūdō | maestitūdinēs |
References
- “maestitudo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “maestitudo”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC
- “maestitudo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- maestitudo in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung