gressus

== Latin == === Etymology 1 === From gradior +‎ -tus. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɡrɛs.sʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɡrɛs.sus] ==== Noun ==== gressus m (genitive gressūs); fourth declension A stepping, going; step, course, way. A pace (as a measure of length). (Medieval Latin, Ecclesiastical Latin) (figuratively) step, move, action ===== Declension ===== Fourth-declension noun. === Etymology 2 === Perfect active participle of gradior (“step, go, walk”). ==== Participle ==== gressus (feminine gressa, neuter gressum); first/second-declension participle Stepped, walked, having stepped or walked, trodden. Advanced, gone, having advanced or gone. ===== Declension ===== First/second-declension adjective. === 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, 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.