LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

āritūdō

āritūdō f (genitive āritūdinis)

Meaning

  1. dryness, aridity, drought

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeāritūdōāritūdinēs
genitiveāritūdinisāritūdinum
dativeāritūdinīāritūdinibus
accusativeāritūdinemāritūdinēs
ablativeāritūdineāritūdinibus
vocativeāritūdōāritūdinēs

ārĭtūdo, ĭnis, f. aridus,
I. dryness, aridity, drought (ante-class.): ariditas, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, § 60 Müll. (Epicharm. v. 2 Vahl. p. 167); Plaut. Rud. 2, 6, 40; also in Non. p. 71, 21; Varr. R. R. 1, 12, 3.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eHs-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eHs-eh₁yeti
  3. Proto-Italic*āzēō
  4. Latināritūdō

Latin -tūdō Latin āritūdō From āreō (“to be dry”) + -tūdō (suffix forming abstract nouns).

Quick answers

What does āritūdō mean in Latin?
āritūdō, a noun, means “dryness, aridity, drought”.
What is the genitive of āritūdō?
The genitive singular is āritūdinis. āritūdō is feminine, third declension.
Where does āritūdō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs- → Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs-eh₁yeti → Proto-Italic *āzēō → Latin āritūdō.