LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

vāstitūdō

vāstitūdō f (genitive vāstitūdinis)

Meaning

  1. ruin, destruction
  2. fearful size, hugeness, immensity, largeness

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativevāstitūdōvāstitūdinēs
genitivevāstitūdinisvāstitūdinum
dativevāstitūdinīvāstitūdinibus
accusativevāstitūdinemvāstitūdinēs
ablativevāstitūdinevāstitūdinibus
vocativevāstitūdōvāstitūdinēs

vastĭtūdo, ĭnis, f. id..
I. = vastitas, II. A., ruin, destruction (ante-class.): Mars pater, te precor ... ut tu morbos visos invisosque, viduertatem vastitudinemque, calamitates intemperiasque prohibessis, an old formula of prayer ap. Cato, R. R. 141, 2: quae vastitudo haec aut unde invasit mihi? Att. ap. Non. 184, 32 (Trag. Rel. v. 455 Rib.); Pac. ib. (Trag. Rel. v. 314 ib.).—*
II. = vastitas, II. B., fearful size, hugeness, immensity: corporis, Gell. 5, 14, 9.

Origins

From vāstus + -tūdō.

In English words that came into English from vāstitūdō

  • vastitudevāstitūdō

Quick answers

What does vāstitūdō mean in Latin?
vāstitūdō, a noun, means “ruin, destruction; fearful size, hugeness, immensity, largeness”.
What is the genitive of vāstitūdō?
The genitive singular is vāstitūdinis. vāstitūdō is feminine, third declension.