celsitudo

Latin

Etymology

Derived from celsus (“high, tall”) +‎ -tūdō (“-ness”, noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kel.siˈtuː.doː/, [kɛɫ̪s̠ɪˈt̪uːd̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃel.siˈtu.do/, [t͡ʃelsiˈt̪uːd̪o]

Noun

celsitūdō f (genitive celsitūdinis); third declension

1. high stature, tallness, height
2. a title of respect: Your Highness

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	celsitūdō	celsitūdinēs
genitive	celsitūdinis	celsitūdinum
dative	celsitūdinī	celsitūdinibus
accusative	celsitūdinem	celsitūdinēs
ablative	celsitūdine	celsitūdinibus
vocative	celsitūdō	celsitūdinēs

Descendants

• Italian: celsitudine

References

• “celsitudo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• celsitudo 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)
• celsitudo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.