grupus

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Italian gruppo, itself from Vulgar Latin *cruppus, from Proto-Germanic *kruppaz (lump, group, body, crop). Compare French groupe, Spanish grupo, English group.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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grupus m (genitive grupūs); fourth declension

  1. (Renaissance Latin, New Latin) group
    • 1400-1500, anonymous author, Arte de tocar el laúd, page 343:
      Primus grupus post Alif in ipso instrumento est semythonum. Secundus grupus respondet ipsi Alif per thonum.
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    • 1989, Carlos Ibáñez, Rodrigo Fernández, Catálogo de murciélagos de las colecciones del Museo Nacional de Ciencias[1] (in English), page 1:
      A careful study of the different grupus could make possible some other names like Rhinolopnus carpetanus, R.f.obscurus, Pipistrellus p []
    • 1635, Bartolomé Bravo, Thesaurus verborum, ac phrasium, ad orationem ex Hispana Latinam efficiendam & locupletandam:
      [] Grunnio, Gryllus, Gryphs-phis, Grupus, Gummi, Gutta, Guttur []
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Declension

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Fourth-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative grupus grupūs
Genitive grupūs grupuum
Dative grupuī grupibus
Accusative grupum grupūs
Ablative grupū grupibus
Vocative grupus grupūs

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