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gracilis

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin gracilis (slender). Doublet of gracile.

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Noun

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gracilis (plural graciles)

  1. (anatomy) A slender superficial muscle of the inner thigh.

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Latin

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Etymology

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From an Old Latin verb *graceō or *craceō (to be meager, slim), from Proto-Indo-European *kerḱ- (to become thin, to wane), related to Sanskrit कृश (kṛśa, thin, lean), Lithuanian karštu (to age), and Avestan 𐬐𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬯𐬀 (kərəsa, meager, lean).

Also compare cracens (slender) and Proto-Germanic *hurhaz (lean) whence Icelandic hor (emaciation).

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Adjective

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gracilis (neuter gracile, comparative gracilior, superlative gracillimus, adverb graciliter); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. slender, slim, thin
  2. meager, scanty, lean
  3. (of style) unadorned, simple

Declension

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Third-declension two-termination adjective.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative gracilis gracile gracilēs gracilia
genitive gracilis gracilium
dative gracilī gracilibus
accusative gracilem gracile gracilēs
gracilīs
gracilia
ablative gracilī gracilibus
vocative gracilis gracile gracilēs gracilia

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References

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  • gracilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • gracilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • gracilis 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)
  • gracilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • gracilis in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
  • gracilis”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
  • Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “gracilis”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 285
  • Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “gracĭlis”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 4: G H I, page 201