spissigradus

Latin

Etymology

Compound of spissus +‎ gradus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

spissigradus (feminine spissigrada, neuter spissigradum, comparative spissigradior, superlative spissigradissimus); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (Plautine, hapax legomenon) slow-paced
    • c. 194 BCE, Plautus, Poenulus 3.1.1–4:
      [Agorastocles] Ita me di ament, tardo amico nihil est quicquam inaequius,
      praesertim homini amanti, qui quidquid agit properat omnia.
      Sicut ego hos duco advocatos, homines spissigradissimos,
      tardiores quam corbitae sunt in tranquillo mari.
      May gods so love me, nothing is more unfair than having a slothful friend, even more so for a man in love, who in doing anything must all expedite. So I lead them, having called them forth, the most slow-paced men of them all, slower than freight ships [corbitae] upon a quiet sea.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative spissigradus spissigrada spissigradum spissigradī spissigradae spissigrada
genitive spissigradī spissigradae spissigradī spissigradōrum spissigradārum spissigradōrum
dative spissigradō spissigradae spissigradō spissigradīs
accusative spissigradum spissigradam spissigradum spissigradōs spissigradās spissigrada
ablative spissigradō spissigradā spissigradō spissigradīs
vocative spissigrade spissigrada spissigradum spissigradī spissigradae spissigrada

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