gressus
Latin
Etymology 1
From gradior + -tus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɡres.sus/, [ˈɡrɛs̠ːʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈɡres.sus/, [ˈɡrɛsːus]
Noun
gressus m (genitive gressūs); fourth declension
- A stepping, going; step, course, way.
- A pace (as a measure of length).
- (Medieval Latin, Ecclesiastical Latin) (figuratively) step, move, action
- 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Proverbs 14:15:
- Innocēns crēdit omnī verbō: astūtus cōnsīderat gressūs suōs.
- The innocent believeth every word: the discreet man considereth his steps.
(Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.: 1752 CE)
- The innocent believeth every word: the discreet man considereth his steps.
- Innocēns crēdit omnī verbō: astūtus cōnsīderat gressūs suōs.
Declension
Fourth-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | gressus | gressūs |
| Genitive | gressūs | gressuum |
| Dative | gressuī | gressibus |
| Accusative | gressum | gressūs |
| Ablative | gressū | gressibus |
| Vocative | gressus | gressūs |
Etymology 2
Perfect active participle of gradior (“step, go, walk”).
Participle
gressus (feminine gressa, neuter gressum); first/second-declension participle
- Stepped, walked, having stepped or walked, trodden.
- Advanced, gone, having advanced or gone.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | gressus | gressa | gressum | gressī | gressae | gressa | |
| Genitive | gressī | gressae | gressī | gressōrum | gressārum | gressōrum | |
| Dative | gressō | gressō | gressīs | ||||
| Accusative | gressum | gressam | gressum | gressōs | gressās | gressa | |
| Ablative | gressō | gressā | gressō | gressīs | |||
| Vocative | gresse | gressa | gressum | gressī | gressae | gressa | |
References
- “gressus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “gressus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- gressus 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)
- gressus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette