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Habitus
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Hab′i-tus
(hăb′ĭ-tŭs)
, Noun.
[L.]
(Zool.)
Habitude; mode of life; general appearance.
Definition 2025
Habitus
habitus
habitus
English
Habitus (general appearance) of the beetle Cucujus haematodes.
Noun
habitus
- (zoology) habitude; mode of life; bearing, general appearance.
- (botany) habit; general shape and appearance of a species or variety of plant.
- (sociology) The lifestyle, values, dispositions and expectations of particular social groups that are acquired through the activities and experiences of everyday life.
Translations
habitude
References
- habitus in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
Anagrams
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ha‧bi‧tus
Etymology
From Latin habitus (“habit”), from habeō (“have; maintain”).
Noun
habitus m (plural habitussen)
- manner, behaviour
- general physical appearance such as shape of the body
- (zoology) general appearance and/or behaviour of a plant
Finnish
Noun
habitus
Declension
| Inflection of habitus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | habitus | habitukset | |
| genitive | habituksen | habitusten habituksien |
|
| partitive | habitusta | habituksia | |
| illative | habitukseen | habituksiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | habitus | habitukset | |
| accusative | nom. | habitus | habitukset |
| gen. | habituksen | ||
| genitive | habituksen | habitusten habituksien |
|
| partitive | habitusta | habituksia | |
| inessive | habituksessa | habituksissa | |
| elative | habituksesta | habituksista | |
| illative | habitukseen | habituksiin | |
| adessive | habituksella | habituksilla | |
| ablative | habitukselta | habituksilta | |
| allative | habitukselle | habituksille | |
| essive | habituksena | habituksina | |
| translative | habitukseksi | habituksiksi | |
| instructive | — | habituksin | |
| abessive | habituksetta | habituksitta | |
| comitative | — | habituksineen | |
Synonyms
Latin
Etymology 1
Perfect passive participle of habeō (“have”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈha.bi.tus/, [ˈha.bɪ.tʊs]
Participle
habitus m (feminine habita, neuter habitum); first/second declension
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | habitus | habita | habitum | habitī | habitae | habita | |
| genitive | habitī | habitae | habitī | habitōrum | habitārum | habitōrum | |
| dative | habitō | habitō | habitīs | ||||
| accusative | habitum | habitam | habitum | habitōs | habitās | habita | |
| ablative | habitō | habitā | habitō | habitīs | |||
| vocative | habite | habita | habitum | habitī | habitae | habita | |
Etymology 2
From habeō (I have) + -tus (noun formation suffix)
Noun
habitus m (genitive habitūs); fourth declension
Inflection
Fourth declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | habitus | habitūs |
| genitive | habitūs | habituum |
| dative | habituī | habitibus |
| accusative | habitum | habitūs |
| ablative | habitū | habitibus |
| vocative | habitus | habitūs |
Descendants
References
- habitus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- habitus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- HABITUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- humour; disposition: animi affectio or habitus (De Inv. 2. 5)
- humour; disposition: animi affectio or habitus (De Inv. 2. 5)