gressus Latin · revision 10172

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Lucretius|origins=ine-pro *gʰredʰ-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈɡrɛs.sʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈɡrɛs.sus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''gressus''' ''m'' (genitive gressūs); fourth declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|gradior|-tus|t1=to step, walk]], an action noun.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) The vowel ⟨e⟩ comes from the compounds such as [[aggredior|alt=aggressus]] and ⟨congressus⟩.^(TLL)^(de Vaan 2008) De Vaan traces ⟨gradior⟩ to Proto-Italic ⟨*grad-(e)i-⟩, [[ine-pro|*g(ʰ)r̥d(ʰ)-(e)i-]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citations are Lucretius, and Köbler's earliest source is Virgil.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates Lucretius 96–55 BC and Virgil 70–19 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a stepping, step, pace, gait, walk, course, mostly poetic and post-classical, as in Lucretius, Virgil, Seneca and Pliny.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it means step, stride, course of life, advance.^(Stelten 1995) Medieval Latin used it for the foot.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|step]], pace, [[m|en|gait]], walk.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' A course of life.^(Stelten 1995)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A [[m|en|foot]].^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[gradior]]

+ * [[gradus]]

+ * [[ingressus]]

+ * [[prōgressus]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Lewis & Short compare ''gradus'', ''passus'' and ''incessus''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}