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grossus

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Etymology 1

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Of uncertain origin. Not found in Classical Latin.[1] According to Nocentini,[2] Walde,[3] and Matasović,[4] cognate with Old Irish bres and Cornish bras (from Proto-Celtic *brassos), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷres-. Compare also Old High German grōz (big, large, thick, coarse, crude), which undoubtedly conflated with and contributed some of the senses and forms present in Medieval Latin.

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Adjective

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grossus (feminine grossa, neuter grossum, comparative grossior); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (Late Latin, Medieval Latin) coarse, unrefined
  2. (Late Latin, Medieval Latin) young, green, immature
  3. (Medieval Latin) thick, dense
    Synonyms: crēber, spissus
  4. (Medieval Latin) fat, large, great
    Synonym: crassus
Declension
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First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative grossus grossa grossum grossī grossae grossa
genitive grossī grossae grossī grossōrum grossārum grossōrum
dative grossō grossae grossō grossīs
accusative grossum grossam grossum grossōs grossās grossa
ablative grossō grossā grossō grossīs
vocative grosse grossa grossum grossī grossae grossa
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Etymology 2

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From the above.

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Noun

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grossus m or f (genitive grossī); second declension

  1. an unripe fig
    • c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 23.64.129:
      Cauliculī aut grossī eius quam minūtissimae ad scorpiōnum ictūs ē vīnō bibuntur.
      Its little stalks or the as small as possible unripe figs are drunk from wine for scorpion stings.
Declension
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Second-declension noun.

References

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  • grossus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • grossus 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)
  • grossus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • grossus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “gross”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
  2. ^ “grosso” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, →ISBN
  3. ^ Walde, Alois (1910) “grossus”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 2nd edition, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 354
  4. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “brassos”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 74