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Latin
Etymology 1
From gradior + -tus.
Pronunciation
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)
Declension
Fourth-declension noun.
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.
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.