grossus

== Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɡrɔs.sʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɡrɔs.sus] === Etymology 1 === Of uncertain origin. Attested since the first century AD in sense 1 and since the time of Augustine in sense 2. Likely a slang term dating back further still. Often compared to crassus (synonym for sense 1) or to the noun grossus (“unripened fig”). Perhaps cognate with Proto-Celtic *brassos (“great, violent”) via a Proto-Indo-European *gʷroD-to-. ==== Alternative forms ==== crossus, gorsus, grocius, gressus ==== Adjective ==== grossus (feminine grossa, neuter grossum, comparative grossior); first/second-declension adjective stout, fat, thick (Late Latin) coarse, rough ===== Declension ===== First/second-declension adjective. ===== Derived terms ===== grossitūdō ===== Descendants ===== === Etymology 2 === Possibly linked to etymology 1 above. Attested since the time of Cato. ==== Noun ==== grossus m or f (genitive grossī); second declension an unripe fig ===== Declension ===== Second-declension noun. === References === “grossus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "grossus", 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) “grossus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. grossus in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016