Istriot edit

Etymology edit

From Latin grandis. Compare also Venetian grando.

Adjective edit

grando

  1. big, large
  2. great

Latin edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *greh₃d-.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

grandō f (genitive grandinis); third declension

  1. hail, hailstorm
    • 43 BCEc. 17 CE, Ovid, Fasti 5.322:
      ‘flōrēbant segetēs; grandine laesa seges’
      “The crops were blooming; the crop was harmed by hail.”
      (The poetic voice is that of Flora (mythology).)
  2. (figuratively) great quantity, multitude

Declension edit

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative grandō grandinēs
Genitive grandinis grandinum
Dative grandinī grandinibus
Accusative grandinem grandinēs
Ablative grandine grandinibus
Vocative grandō grandinēs

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Descendants edit

References edit

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