gradus

== English == === Etymology === From Gradus ad Parnassum (Latin, literally, a step to Parnassus), a 17th-century prosody dictionary long used in British schools. Doublet of grade. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡɹeɪdəs/ === Noun === gradus (plural graduses) A handbook used as an aid in a difficult art or practice, specifically, a dictionary of Greek or Latin prosody used as a guide in writing of poetry in Greek or Latin. === Anagrams === Dagurs, Dugars, Guards, draugs, durags, guards == French == === Etymology === Ellipsis of Gradus ad Parnassum (literally “a step to Parnassus”), a 17th-century prosody dictionary long used in British schools. Doublet of grade. === Noun === gradus m (invariable) gradus any books of instruction, or guides, in which gradual progress in literature, language instruction, music, or the arts in general, is sought === Further reading === “gradus”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Latin == === Etymology === From Proto-Italic *graðus, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰredʰ- (“to walk, go”). See gradior (“to step, walk”) for discussion on cognates. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɡra.dʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɡraː.dus] === Noun === gradus m (genitive gradūs); fourth declension a step, pace a grade a stage, degree a rank Synonyms: ōrdō, classis, sors (by extension) a position, station, ground firm position, stand a step, stair, rung of a ladder a braid of hair (mathematics) degree ==== Declension ==== Archaic genitive singular graduis is occasionally found. Fourth-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== gradior ==== Descendants ==== === References === === Further reading === “gradus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “gradus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "gradus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “gradus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[2], London: Macmillan and Co. “gradus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “gradus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin == Polish == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === (Lesser Poland): (Masovian Borderland) IPA(key): [ˈɡra.dus] === Noun === gradus m inan (Masovian Borderland) frozen, frosty ground Hypernym: ziemia === Further reading === Małgorzata Kapusta (2017), “gradus”, in Mowa mieszkańców pogranicza Mazowsza (na przykładzie gminy Głowaczów w powiecie kozienickim) (in Polish), Warsaw: Elipsa, →ISBN, page 78