bellitudo

Latin

Etymology

From bellus (“beautiful, pretty, pleasant”) +‎ -tūdō (“-itude, -ness”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /bel.liˈtuː.doː/, [bɛlːʲɪˈt̪uːd̪oː]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /bel.liˈtu.do/, [belːiˈt̪uːd̪o]

Noun

bellitūdō f (genitive bellitūdinis); third declension

beauty, loveliness, grace
elegance

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bellitūdō	bellitūdinēs
Genitive	bellitūdinis	bellitūdinum
Dative	bellitūdinī	bellitūdinibus
Accusative	bellitūdinem	bellitūdinēs
Ablative	bellitūdine	bellitūdinibus
Vocative	bellitūdō	bellitūdinēs

References

“bellitudo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
bellitudo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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