gracilis
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin gracilis (“slender”). Doublet of gracile.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɡras.ɪ.lɪs/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɡræs.ə.lɪs/
Noun edit
gracilis (plural graciles)
- (anatomy) A slender superficial muscle of the inner thigh.
Translations edit
Inner thigh most superficial muscle
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References edit
- “gracilis”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “gracilis”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From an Old Latin verb *graceō or *craceō (“to be meager, slim”), from Proto-Indo-European *kerḱ- (“to become thin, to wane”), related to Sanskrit कृश (kṛśa, “thin, lean”), Lithuanian karštu (“to age”), and Avestan 𐬐𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬯𐬀 (kərəsa, “meager, lean”).
Also compare cracens (“slender”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɡra.ki.lis/, [ˈɡräkɪlʲɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈɡra.t͡ʃi.lis/, [ˈɡräːt͡ʃilis]
Adjective edit
gracilis (neuter gracile, comparative gracilior, superlative gracillimus, adverb graciliter); third-declension two-termination adjective
Declension edit
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
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Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
Nominative | gracilis | gracile | gracilēs | gracilia | |
Genitive | gracilis | gracilium | |||
Dative | gracilī | gracilibus | |||
Accusative | gracilem | gracile | gracilēs gracilīs |
gracilia | |
Ablative | gracilī | gracilibus | |||
Vocative | gracilis | gracile | gracilēs | gracilia |
Synonyms edit
- (slender): gracilēns, gracilentus, cracens
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- “gracilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “gracilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- gracilis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- gracilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- gracilis in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- “gracilis”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
- Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “gracilis”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 285
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “gracĭlis”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 4: G H I, page 201