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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