densus

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dens- (“thick, dense”); related to Ancient Greek δασύς (dasús, “hairy, shaggy, dense”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈden.sus/, [ˈd̪ẽːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈden.sus/, [ˈd̪ɛnsus]

Adjective

dēnsus (feminine dēnsa, neuter dēnsum, comparative dēnsior, superlative dēnsissimus, adverb dēnsē); first/second-declension adjective

1. dense, compact

   Synonyms: stīpātus, crēber

2. crowded, close
3. frequent

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	dēnsus	dēnsa	dēnsum		dēnsī	dēnsae	dēnsa
Genitive	dēnsī	dēnsae	dēnsī		dēnsōrum	dēnsārum	dēnsōrum
Dative	dēnsō		dēnsō		dēnsīs
Accusative	dēnsum	dēnsam	dēnsum		dēnsōs	dēnsās	dēnsa
Ablative	dēnsō	dēnsā	dēnsō		dēnsīs
Vocative	dēnse	dēnsa	dēnsum		dēnsī	dēnsae	dēnsa

Derived terms

• dēnsē
• dēnseō
• dēnsō
• dēnsitās

Descendants

• → Catalan: dens
• Dalmatian: dais
• → Galician: denso
• → Italian: denso
• → Middle French: dense
  • → English: dense
  • French: dense
    • → Romanian: dens
• → Portuguese: denso
• Romanian: des
• → Spanish: denso
• → Welsh: dwys

References

• “densus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “densus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• densus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.