gressus

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Latin

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Etymology 1

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From gradior +‎ -tus.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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gressus m (genitive gressūs); fourth declension

  1. A stepping, going; step, course, way.
  2. A pace (as a measure of length).
  3. (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
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Fourth-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative gressus gressūs
Genitive gressūs gressuum
Dative gressuī gressibus
Accusative gressum gressūs
Ablative gressū gressibus
Vocative gressus gressūs

Etymology 2

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Perfect active participle of gradior (step, go, walk).

Participle

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gressus (feminine gressa, neuter gressum); first/second-declension participle

  1. Stepped, walked, having stepped or walked, trodden.
  2. Advanced, gone, having advanced or gone.
Declension
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First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative gressus gressa gressum gressī gressae gressa
Genitive gressī gressae gressī gressōrum gressārum gressōrum
Dative gressō gressō gressīs
Accusative gressum gressam gressum gressōs gressās gressa
Ablative gressō gressā gressō gressīs
Vocative gresse gressa gressum gressī gressae gressa

References

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  • 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.