crassus

See also: Crassus

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Uncertain; suggested to be from Proto-Indo-European *kert- (“to wind”),[1] and compared to crātis (“wickerwork”), however this is semantically doubtful. Possibly connected to grossus (“coarse; thick”), also of unknown origin.[2]

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    crassus (feminine crassa, neuter crassum, comparative crassior, superlative crassissimus); first/second-declension adjective

    1. dense, thick, solid
    2. 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
    3. (of a liquid) concentrated, thick; turgid
    4. (of the weather) heavy, thick, dense; murky
    5. (figuratively) crass, stupid, dull, stolid

    Declension

    First/second-declension adjective.

    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
    nominative crassus crassa crassum crassī crassae crassa
    genitive crassī crassae crassī crassōrum crassārum crassōrum
    dative crassō crassae crassō crassīs
    accusative crassum crassam crassum crassōs crassās crassa
    ablative crassō crassā crassō crassīs
    vocative crasse crassa crassum crassī crassae crassa

    Synonyms

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Old French: cras (see there for further descendants)
    • → Catalan: cras
    • → German: krass
    • → Hunsrik: krass
    • → Italian: crasso
    • → Portuguese: crasso
    • → Romanian: cras
    • → Spanish: craso

    Reflexes of the late variant grassus:

    • Insular Romance:
    • Balkano-Romance:
    • Italo-Dalmatian:
    • Rhaeto-Romance:
    • Gallo-Italic:
    • Gallo-Romance:
      • Northern:
        • Franco-Provençal: grâs
        • Old French: gras (see there for further descendants)
      • Southern:
    • Ibero-Romance:
    • ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *crassia (see there for further descendants)

    References

    1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959), “kert-, kerət-, krāt-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 584
    2. ^ 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

    Further reading

    • “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[1], 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
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