Latin

Noun

valētūdō f ‎(genitive valētūdinis); third declension

1. state of health (usually bad unless deliberately expressed otherwise)

Ex: Valetudine prosperrima usus est. He enjoyed excellent health.

1. illness

Inflection

Third declension.

Descendants

• French : valétudinaire

References

• valetudo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• valetudo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• VALETUDO in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “valetudo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to enjoy good health: bona (firma, prospera) valetudine esse or uti (vid. sect. VI. 8., note uti...)
    
  • to take care of one's health: valetudini consulere, operam dare
    
  • to be ill, weakly: infirma, aegra valetudine esse or uti
    
  • to excuse oneself on the score of health: valetudinem (morbum) excusare (Liv. 6. 22. 7)
    
  • to excuse oneself on the score of health: valetudinis excusatione uti
    
  • to plead ill-health as an excuse for absence: excusare morbum, valetudinem