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Latin
Etymology
From lēnis (“soft”) + -tūdō.
Pronunciation
Noun
lēnitūdō f (genitive lēnitūdinis); third declension
- softness, mildness, gentleness
Declension
Third-declension noun.
References
- “lenitudo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “lenitudo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- lenitudo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.