sorditudo

Latin

Etymology

By surface analysis, sordēs +‎ -tūdō.

Noun

sorditūdō f (genitive sorditūdinis); third declension (Old Latin, hapax legomenon)

  1. dirt, filth
    • c. 194 BCE, Plautus, Poenulus 5.2.9–10:
      Creta est profecto horum hominum oratio,
      ut mi apsterserunt omnem sorditudinem.
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Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative sorditūdō sorditūdinēs
genitive sorditūdinis sorditūdinum
dative sorditūdinī sorditūdinibus
accusative sorditūdinem sorditūdinēs
ablative sorditūdine sorditūdinibus
vocative sorditūdō sorditūdinēs

References

  • sorditudo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • sorditudo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • sorditudo in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016