gracilis
Appearance
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin gracilis (“slender”). Doublet of gracile.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɡras.ɪ.lɪs/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɡræs.ə.lɪs/
Noun
[edit]gracilis (plural graciles)
- (anatomy) A slender superficial muscle of the inner thigh.
Translations
[edit]Inner thigh most superficial muscle
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References
[edit]- “gracilis”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “gracilis”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
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[edit]Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈɡra.ki.lis/, [ˈɡräkɪlʲɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈɡra.t͡ʃi.lis/, [ˈɡräːt͡ʃilis]
Adjective
[edit]gracilis (neuter gracile, comparative gracilior, superlative gracillimus, adverb graciliter); third-declension two-termination adjective
Declension
[edit]Third-declension two-termination adjective.
singular | plural | ||||
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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 |
Synonyms
[edit]- (slender): gracilēns, gracilentus, cracens
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “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
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