longitudo

Etymology

From Latin longitūdō (“length, longitude”) (which is derived from Latin longus (“long”)); from English longitude; from French longitude.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lonɡiˈtudo/
• Hyphenation: lon‧gi‧tu‧do

Noun

longitudo (accusative singular longitudon, plural longitudoj, accusative plural longitudojn)

1. (geography) longitude (imaginary lines from the North Pole to the South Pole)

Etymology

From Latin longitūdō (“length, longitude”) (which is derived from Latin longus (“long”)); from English longitude; from French longitude, from Esperanto longitudo.

Noun

longitudo (plural longitudi)

1. (geography) longitude

Etymology

From longus (“far, long”) +‎ -tūdō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /lon.ɡiˈtuː.doː/, [ɫɔŋ.ɡɪˈtuː.doː]

Noun

longitūdō f (genitive longitūdinis); third declension

1. (of space) Length, longitude; longness.
2. (of time) A (long) duration, length.
3. (of writing or speech) lengthiness
4. vocative singular of longitūdō

References

• longitudo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• longitudo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• longitudo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• longitudo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to extend in breadth, in length: in latitudinem, in longitudinem patere