LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

sānctitūdō

sānctitūdō f (genitive sānctitūdinis)

Meaning

  1. sacredness, sanctity
  2. uprightness, purity

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativesānctitūdōsānctitūdinēs
genitivesānctitūdinissānctitūdinum
dativesānctitūdinīsānctitūdinibus
accusativesānctitūdinemsānctitūdinēs
ablativesānctitūdinesānctitūdinibus
vocativesānctitūdōsānctitūdinēs

sanctĭtūdo, ĭnis, f. sanctus.
I. Mostly ante-class. for sanctitas, sacredness, sanctity: Jovis, Att. ap. Non. 173, 33: Apollinis, Turp. ib. 174, 5: nominis matronae sanctitudinem, Afran. ib. 174, 9: fani, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 17, 2, 19 sq.: sepulturae, Cic. Rep. Fragm. ap. Non. 174, 7 (4, 8 Mos.).—In plur., Att. ap. Non. 174, 2.—
II. In the postclass. per., transf., uprightness, purity, Capitol. Ver. 8: domum tuam decet sanctitudo, Domine, Vulg. Psa. 92, 5.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*seh₂k-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sh₂nékti
  3. Proto-Italic*sankiō
  4. Proto-Italic*sanktos
  5. Latinsānctitūdō

Latin -tūdō Latin sānctitūdō From sānctus + -tūdō.

In English words that came into English from sānctitūdō

  • sanctitudesānctitūdō

Quick answers

What does sānctitūdō mean in Latin?
sānctitūdō, a noun, means “sacredness, sanctity; uprightness, purity”.
What is the genitive of sānctitūdō?
The genitive singular is sānctitūdinis. sānctitūdō is feminine, third declension.
Where does sānctitūdō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *seh₂k- → Proto-Indo-European *sh₂nékti → Proto-Italic *sankiō → Proto-Italic *sanktos → Latin sānctitūdō.