gracilis
English
Etymology
From Latin gracilis (“slender”). Doublet of gracile.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɡras.ɪ.lɪs/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɡræs.ə.lɪs/
Noun
gracilis (plural graciles)
- (anatomy) A slender superficial muscle of the inner thigh.
Translations
Inner thigh most superficial muscle
|
References
- “gracilis”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “gracilis”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
Anagrams
- Gisclair
Latin
Etymology
From an Old Latin verb *graceō or *craceō meaning "I'm meager, slim," from Proto-Indo-European *kerḱ- (“to become thin, to wane”), related to Sanskrit कृश (kṛśa, “thin, lean”), Lithuanian karštu (“to age”), Avestan 𐬐𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬯𐬀 (kərəsa, “meager, lean”), and German schlank (“slim”).
Also compare cracens (“slender”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɡra.ki.lis/, [ˈɡräkɪlʲɪs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈɡra.t͡ʃi.lis/, [ˈɡräːt͡ʃilis]
Audio (Classical) (file)
Adjective
gracilis (neuter gracile, comparative gracilior, superlative gracillimus, adverb graciliter); third-declension two-termination adjective
- slender, slim, thin
- meager, scanty, lean
- (of style) unadorned, simple
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | gracilis | gracile | gracilēs | gracilia | |
| Genitive | gracilis | gracilium | |||
| Dative | gracilī | gracilibus | |||
| Accusative | gracilem | gracile | gracilēs gracilīs | gracilia | |
| Ablative | gracilī | gracilibus | |||
| Vocative | gracilis | gracile | gracilēs | gracilia | |
Synonyms
- (slender): gracilēns, gracilentus, cracens
Related terms
- gracilēns
- gracilentus
- gracilescō
- gracilitās
- graciliter
- gracilitūdo
Descendants
- Italian: graciolo (Lucchese)
- Old Catalan: grayle
- Old French: graisle, graille
- French: grêle
- Old Occitan: graile
- Romansch: graschel
- → Albanian: grel
- → English: gracile
- → French: gracile
- → Italian: gracile
- → Spanish: grácil
- → Swedish: gracil
References
- “gracilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “gracilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- gracilis 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)
- gracilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- gracilis in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- “gracilis”, in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
- Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911), “gracilis”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 285
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “gracĭlis”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 4: G H I, page 201