paenitudo

Latin

Alternative forms

• poenitūdō

Etymology

From paeniteō (“regret, repent”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pae̯.niˈtuː.doː/, [päe̯nɪˈt̪uːd̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pe.niˈtu.do/, [peniˈt̪uːd̪o]

Nomen

paenitūdō f (genitive paenitūdinis); third declension

1. repentance, penitence, regret

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	paenitūdō	paenitūdinēs
Genitive	paenitūdinis	paenitūdinum
Dative	paenitūdinī	paenitūdinibus
Accusative	paenitūdinem	paenitūdinēs
Ablative	paenitūdine	paenitūdinibus
Vocative	paenitūdō	paenitūdinēs

Synonyms

• (repentance): paenitentia, resipīscentia

Related terms

• paenitendus
• paenitēns
• paenitentia
• paenitentiālis
• paeniteō

References

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