LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

lātitūdō

lātitūdō f (genitive lātitūdinis)
Classical[ɫaː.tɪˈtuː.doː]Ecclesiastical[la.tiˈtuː.do]

Meaning

  1. breadth, width, latitude
  2. broadlyextent, size, compass, broadness
  3. figurativelyrarea broad pronunciation; richness of expression

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativelātitūdōlātitūdinēs
genitivelātitūdinislātitūdinum
dativelātitūdinīlātitūdinibus
accusativelātitūdinemlātitūdinēs
ablativelātitūdinelātitūdinibus
vocativelātitūdōlātitūdinēs

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

in latitudinem, in longitudinem patere
to extend in breadth, in length.

lātĭtūdo, ĭnis, f. 1. latus,
I. breadth, width of any thing (class.).
I. Lit.: in hac immensitate latitudinum, longitudinum, altitudinum, Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 54: fossae, Caes. B. G. 2, 12: castra amplius milibus passuum VIII. in latitudinem patebant, id. ib. 2, 7 fin.: patere in latitudinem, id. ib. 2, 8; Plin. 3 prooem. § 3; cf. Quint. 1, 10, 42; 11, 3, 141: vires umerorum et latitudines ad aratra extrahenda, Cic. N. D. 2, 63, 159. —
B. Transf., in gen., extent, size, compass: possessionum, Cic. Agr. 2, 26, 67.—
II. Trop. (very rare): verborum, a broad pronunciation, Cic. de Or. 2, 22, 91: Platonica, richness or copiousness of expression, Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 5 (for the Gr. πλατύτης τῆς ἑρμη νείας, called amplitudo Platonis, Cic. Or. 1, 5).

Origins

From lātus (“wide”) + -tūdō. In the astronomical and geographical sense, a calque of Ancient Greek κλίμα (klíma).

Descendants
  • Catalanlatitud
  • Frenchlatitudefrom Old French latitude
  • Italianlatitudine
  • Portugueselatitude
  • Romanianlatitudine
  • Spanishlatitud
  • Middle Englishlatitudefrom Old French latitude
  • Friulianlatitudin
  • Piedmonteselatitùdin

In English words that came into English from lātitūdō

  • latitudelātitūdō
  • latitudinarianlātitūdō
  • latitudinallātitūdō
  • latitudinouslātitūdō

Quick answers

What does lātitūdō mean in Latin?
lātitūdō, a noun, means “breadth, width, latitude; extent, size, compass, broadness; a broad pronunciation”.
What is the genitive of lātitūdō?
The genitive singular is lātitūdinis. lātitūdō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce lātitūdō?
In classical Latin, [ɫaː.tɪˈtuː.doː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [la.tiˈtuː.do].
Which English words come from lātitūdō?
English words that go back to Latin lātitūdō include latitude, latitudinarian, latitudinal and latitudinous.