gracilis
Latin
Etymology
From an Old Latin verb *graceō or *craceō meaning "I'm meager, slim," from Proto-Indo-European *kerḱ- (“to become thin, to wane”), related to Sanskrit कृश (kṛśa, “thin, lean”), Lithuanian karštu (“to age”), Avestan 𐬐𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬯𐬀 (kərəsa, “meager, lean”), and German schlank (“slim”).
Also compare cracens (“slender”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈɡra.ki.lis/, [ˈɡräkɪlʲɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈɡra.t͡ʃi.lis/, [ˈɡräːt͡ʃilis]
Audio (Classical): (file)
Adjective
gracilis (neuter gracile, comparative gracilior, superlative gracillimus, adverb graciliter); third-declension two-termination adjective
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | 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
- (slender): gracilēns, gracilentus, cracens
Related terms
Descendants
References
- “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