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noun · femininethird declension

longitūdō

longitūdō f (genitive longitūdinis)
Classical[ɫɔŋ.ɡɪˈtuː.doː]Ecclesiastical[lon̠ʲ.d͡ʒiˈtuː.do]

Meaning

  1. length, longitude; longness.
  2. A (long) duration, length.
  3. lengthiness

In the readers how our graded readers gloss it

length
longitūdō — in Seneca, ch. VI

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativelongitūdōlongitūdinēs
genitivelongitūdinislongitūdinum
dativelongitūdinīlongitūdinibus
accusativelongitūdinemlongitūdinēs
ablativelongitūdinelongitūdinibus
vocativelongitūdōlongitūdinēs

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

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

longĭtūdo, ĭnis, f. longus,
I. length.
I. Lit.: in hac immensitate latitudinum, longitudinum, altitudinum, Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 54: itineris, id. Phil. 9, 1, 2: pontis, Caes. B. G. 6, 29: longitudines et brevitates in sonis, Cic. Or. 51, 173: diffindere aliquid in longitudinem, lengthwise, id. Univ. 7: in longitudinem murum praeduxerant, Caes. B. G. 7, 46: longitudinis pedes, Quint. 1, 10, 42; 11, 3, 118; Plin. 16, 34, 62, § 150: Hispania ulterior in duas per longitudinem provincias dividitur, id. 3, 1, 2, § 6.—
II. Transf., of time, length, long duration (rare; cf.: longinquitas, diuturnitas): noctis, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 10, § 26: orationis, id. Part. 17, 59; cf. prooemii, Quint. 4, 1, 62: consulere in longitudinem, to look far ahead, take thought for the future, Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 10.

Origins

From longus (“far, long”) + -tūdō. In the astronomical and geographical sense, a calque of Ancient Greek μῆκος (mêkos).

Descendants
  • Catalanlongitud
  • Englishlongitude
  • Frenchlongitude
  • Italianlongitudine
  • Occitanlongitud
  • Portugueselongitude
  • Spanishlongitud
  • Esperantolongitudo
  • Friulianlongjitudin
  • Galicianlonxitude

Quick answers

What does longitūdō mean in Latin?
longitūdō, a noun, means “length, longitude; longness.; A (long) duration, length.”.
What is the genitive of longitūdō?
The genitive singular is longitūdinis. longitūdō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce longitūdō?
In classical Latin, [ɫɔŋ.ɡɪˈtuː.doː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [lon̠ʲ.d͡ʒiˈtuː.do].