German

Noun

Ritus m ‎(genitive Ritus, plural Riten)

1. rite (religious custom)
2. (Roman Catholicism) rite (one of several canonical ways of celebrating mass)

Declension

Related terms

• Ritual
• rituell

Catalan

Noun

ritus

1. plural of ritu

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

ritus f ‎(plural ritussen, diminutive ritusje n)

1. rite

See also

• ceremonie f
• kerkgebruik n
• plechtigheid f
• ritueel n

Latin

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₂rey-.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈriː.tus/, [ˈriː.tʊs]

Noun

rītus m ‎(genitive rītūs); fourth declension

1. rite, ceremony
2. habit, custom, usage

Inflection

Fourth declension.

Descendants

References

• ritus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ritus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• RITUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “ritus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to fight like lions: ferarum ritu pugnare
    

Latvian

Noun

ritus m

1. accusative plural form of rits