crassus

== Latin == === Alternative forms === grassus (Late Latin) === Etymology === Uncertain; suggested to be from Proto-Indo-European *kert- (“to wind”), and compared to crātis (“wickerwork”), however this is semantically doubtful. Possibly connected to grossus (“coarse; thick”), also of unknown origin. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkras.sʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkras.sus] === Adjective === crassus (feminine crassa, neuter crassum, comparative crassior, superlative crassissimus); first/second-declension adjective dense, thick, solid fat, gross, plump aquae crassae ― deep waters, swollen waters fīlum crassum ― a thick thread homō crassus ― a fat person, a plump person toga crassa ― a thick toga (of a liquid) concentrated, thick; turgid (of the weather) heavy, thick, dense; murky (figuratively) crass, stupid, dull, stolid ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Synonyms ==== (dense, thick): dēnsus, pinguis ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== crassāmen crassāmentum crassificātiō ==== Descendants ==== Reflexes of the late variant grassus: === References === === Further reading === “crassus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “crassus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “crassus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. “crassus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “crassus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray