densus

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dens- (“thick, dense”); related to Ancient Greek δασύς (dasús, “hairy, shaggy, dense”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

dēnsus (feminine dēnsa, neuter dēnsum, comparative dēnsior, superlative dēnsissimus, adverb dēnsē); first/second-declension adjective

  1. dense, compact
    Synonyms: stīpātus, crēber
  2. crowded, close
  3. frequent

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative dēnsus dēnsa dēnsum dēnsī dēnsae dēnsa
Genitive dēnsī dēnsae dēnsī dēnsōrum dēnsārum dēnsōrum
Dative dēnsō dēnsō dēnsīs
Accusative dēnsum dēnsam dēnsum dēnsōs dēnsās dēnsa
Ablative dēnsō dēnsā dēnsō dēnsīs
Vocative dēnse dēnsa dēnsum dēnsī dēnsae dēnsa

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Catalan: dens
  • Dalmatian: dais
  • → Galician: denso
  • → Italian: denso
  • → Middle French: dense
  • → Portuguese: denso
  • Romanian: des
  • → Spanish: denso
  • → Welsh: dwys

References

  • “densus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “densus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • densus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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