gressus

Latin

Etymology 1

From gradior +‎ -tus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈɡres.sus/, [ˈɡrɛs̠ːʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡres.sus/, [ˈɡrɛsːus]

Noun

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

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

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

Participle

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

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

• “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.