solitudo

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Latin

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Etymology

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From sōlus (alone; solitary, deserted) +‎ -tūdō.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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sōlitūdō f (genitive sōlitūdinis); third declension

  1. An instance of being alone; loneliness, solitariness, solitude, privacy
  2. A lonely place; desert, wilderness
  3. A state of want, destitution, deprivation

Declension

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Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sōlitūdō sōlitūdinēs
Genitive sōlitūdinis sōlitūdinum
Dative sōlitūdinī sōlitūdinibus
Accusative sōlitūdinem sōlitūdinēs
Ablative sōlitūdine sōlitūdinibus
Vocative sōlitūdō sōlitūdinēs
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Descendants

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References

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  • solitudo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • solitudo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • solitudo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • solitudo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to live in solitude: in solitudine vivere (Fin. 3. 20. 65)