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Latin
Etymology
Uncertain; suggested to be from Proto-Indo-European *kert- (“to wind”), and compared to crātis (“wickerwork”), however this is semantically doubtful. Possibly connected to grossus (“coarse; thick”), also of unknown origin.
Pronunciation
Adjective
crassus (feminine crassa, neuter crassum, comparative crassior, superlative crassissimus); first/second-declension adjective
- dense, thick, solid
- fat, gross, plump
- aquae crassae ― deep waters, swollen waters
- fīlum crassum ― a thick thread
- homō crassus ― a fat person, a plump person
- toga crassa ― a thick toga
- (of a liquid) concentrated, thick; turgid
- (of the weather) heavy, thick, dense; murky
- (figuratively) crass, stupid, dull, stolid
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
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References
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “kert-, kerət-, krāt-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 584
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “crassus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 141
- “crassus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “crassus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- crassus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- with no intelligence or skill: crassa or pingui Minerva (proverb.)
- “crassus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “crassus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray