lenitudo

== Latin == === Etymology === From lēnis (“soft”) + -tūdō. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɫeː.nɪˈtuː.doː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [le.niˈtuː.do] === Noun === lēnitūdō f (genitive lēnitūdinis); third declension softness, mildness, gentleness ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Related terms ==== === 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.