habitus

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English

Habitus (general appearance) of the beetle Cucujus haematodes.

Etymology

From Latin habitus (“habit”), from habeō (“have; maintain”). The plural habiti is a misconstruction, as the Latin plural is in fact habitūs. This is reflected by the English plural habitus, which is occasionally encountered. habiti may have been influenced by Latin habitī, the plural of the participle habitus; however, it is not the etymon of the English term.

Noun

habitus (countable and uncountable, plural habiti or habitus or habituses)

  1. (zoology) habitude; mode of life; bearing.
  2. (zoology, chiefly invertebrates) General appearance.
    • 1963, Alan H. Cheetham, Late Eocene Zoogeography of the Eastern Gulf Coast Region, page 30:
      [M]any species having eschariform zoaria in quiet water are able to assume the membraniporiform habitus in strongly agitated water.
  3. (botany) habit
  4. (anatomy, medicine) the general shape and appearance of the body, usually with reference to weight, adipose distribution, posture, and gait; most often called by the collocation body habitus.
  5. (sociology) The lifestyle, values, dispositions and expectations of particular social groups that are acquired through the activities and experiences of everyday life.
  6. (liturgy) The liturgical clothing of monks, nuns and the clerical community, metaphorically referring to the religious mode of life.

Usage notes

  • The plural is quite rare.
  • The main distinction between usage in botany versus zoology is that a plant's habit is a more or less technical statement of its growth form and structure (e.g. liana vs. tree vs. acaulescent herbaceous), while in zoology, the habitus is often not even qualified or described other than to serve as a more technical statement that the taxon resembles another. This is especially common for Hexapoda and Arachnida.

Translations

References

Anagrams

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin habitus (“habit”), a noun based on habeō (“have; maintain”).

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ha‧bi‧tus

Noun

habitus m (plural habitussen or habitus)

  1. manner, behaviour
  2. general physical appearance such as shape of the body
  3. (botany) general appearance and/or behaviour of a plant

Descendants

  • → Indonesian: habitus

Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism (see English habitus), ultimately from Latin habitus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɑbitus/, [ˈhɑ̝bit̪us̠]
  • Rhymes: -ɑbitus
  • Hyphenation(key): ha‧bi‧tus

Noun

habitus

  1. 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
abessive habituksetta habituksitta
instructive — habituksin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of habitus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative habitukseni habitukseni
accusative nom. habitukseni habitukseni
gen. habitukseni
genitive habitukseni habitusteni
habituksieni
partitive habitustani habituksiani
inessive habituksessani habituksissani
elative habituksestani habituksistani
illative habitukseeni habituksiini
adessive habituksellani habituksillani
ablative habitukseltani habituksiltani
allative habitukselleni habituksilleni
essive habituksenani habituksinani
translative habituksekseni habituksikseni
abessive habituksettani habituksittani
instructive — —
comitative — habituksineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative habituksesi habituksesi
accusative nom. habituksesi habituksesi
gen. habituksesi
genitive habituksesi habitustesi
habituksiesi
partitive habitustasi habituksiasi
inessive habituksessasi habituksissasi
elative habituksestasi habituksistasi
illative habitukseesi habituksiisi
adessive habituksellasi habituksillasi
ablative habitukseltasi habituksiltasi
allative habituksellesi habituksillesi
essive habituksenasi habituksinasi
translative habitukseksesi habituksiksesi
abessive habituksettasi habituksittasi
instructive — —
comitative — habituksinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative habituksemme habituksemme
accusative nom. habituksemme habituksemme
gen. habituksemme
genitive habituksemme habitustemme
habituksiemme
partitive habitustamme habituksiamme
inessive habituksessamme habituksissamme
elative habituksestamme habituksistamme
illative habitukseemme habituksiimme
adessive habituksellamme habituksillamme
ablative habitukseltamme habituksiltamme
allative habituksellemme habituksillemme
essive habituksenamme habituksinamme
translative habitukseksemme habituksiksemme
abessive habituksettamme habituksittamme
instructive — —
comitative — habituksinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative habituksenne habituksenne
accusative nom. habituksenne habituksenne
gen. habituksenne
genitive habituksenne habitustenne
habituksienne
partitive habitustanne habituksianne
inessive habituksessanne habituksissanne
elative habituksestanne habituksistanne
illative habitukseenne habituksiinne
adessive habituksellanne habituksillanne
ablative habitukseltanne habituksiltanne
allative habituksellenne habituksillenne
essive habituksenanne habituksinanne
translative habitukseksenne habituksiksenne
abessive habituksettanne habituksittanne
instructive — —
comitative — habituksinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative habituksensa habituksensa
accusative nom. habituksensa habituksensa
gen. habituksensa
genitive habituksensa habitustensa
habituksiensa
partitive habitustaan
habitustansa 		habituksiaan
habituksiansa
inessive habituksessaan
habituksessansa 		habituksissaan
habituksissansa
elative habituksestaan
habituksestansa 		habituksistaan
habituksistansa
illative habitukseensa habituksiinsa
adessive habituksellaan
habituksellansa 		habituksillaan
habituksillansa
ablative habitukseltaan
habitukseltansa 		habituksiltaan
habituksiltansa
allative habitukselleen
habituksellensa 		habituksilleen
habituksillensa
essive habituksenaan
habituksenansa 		habituksinaan
habituksinansa
translative habituksekseen
habitukseksensa 		habituksikseen
habituksiksensa
abessive habituksettaan
habituksettansa 		habituksittaan
habituksittansa
instructive — —
comitative — habituksineen
habituksinensa

Synonyms

Further reading

Indonesian

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Etymology

Internationalism, borrowed from Dutch habitus, from Latin habitus.

Pronunciation

Noun

habitus (plural habitus-habitus, first-person possessive habitusku, second-person possessive habitusmu, third-person possessive habitusnya)

  1. habitus:
    1. (zoology) general appearance
    2. (medicine) the general shape and appearance of the body, usually with reference to weight, adipose distribution, posture, and gait.
      Synonyms: bentuk badan, perawakan
    3. (sociology) the lifestyle, values, dispositions and expectations of particular social groups that are acquired through the activities and experiences of everyday life.
  2. habit:
    1. (psychology) an action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness.
    2. (botany) the characteristic form in which a given species of plant grows.

Further reading

Latin

Etymology 1

Perfect passive participle of habeō (“have”).

Pronunciation

Participle

habitus (feminine habita, neuter habitum); first/second-declension participle

  1. retained, maintained, having been maintained
  2. (by extension) well-kept; stout, fleshy, burly
Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative habitus habita habitum habitī habitae habita
genitive habitī habitae habitī habitōrum habitārum habitōrum
dative habitō habitae habitō habitīs
accusative habitum habitam habitum habitōs habitās habita
ablative habitō habitā habitō habitīs
vocative habite habita habitum habitī habitae habita
Descendants

Etymology 2

From habeō (I have) +‎ -tus (noun formation suffix).

Noun

habitus m (genitive habitūs); fourth declension

  1. external aspect, appearance, posture, frame
    Synonyms: speciēs, faciēs, fōrma, frōns
  2. habit; disposition; character
    Synonyms: indolēs, natura, ingenium, mēns, character
  3. physical or emotional condition
  4. dress, attire
Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

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 Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
  • habitus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • humour; disposition: animi affectio or habitus (De Inv. 2. 5)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin habitus.

Noun

habitus n (plural habitusuri)

  1. habitus

Declension

singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative habitus habitusul habitusuri habitusurile
genitive-dative habitus habitusului habitusuri habitusurilor
vocative habitusule habitusurilor
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