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grossus

grossus

immature fig* [m. o] (Cato+); …

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What it meant

1. grossus — de Vaan

grossus 'immature fig* [m. o] (Cato+); 'thick, unripe* [adj.] (CoL+) IEW connects grossus with W. bras 'thick', but this is reconstructed as *brs-t/so- by Schrijver 1995: 55. The Romance languages continue the adj. grossus 'thick': Italian grosso, Spanish grueso, etc. » BibL: WH I: 623, EM 283, IEW 485. / grumus 'heap of earth, hillock* [m. o] (Acc.+) Derivatives: degrumare 'to level off (Enn,+). Pit. *grdmo- … — [de Vaan, s.v. grossus, p. 287]

2. grossus — Lewis & Short

grossus, i, m. and f.,

I an unripe fig, Cato, R. R. 94; Cels. 5, 12; Plin. 23, 7, 63, § 125; 17, 27, 43, § 254.

3. grossus — Lewis & Short

grossus, a, um, adj.kindred with crassus,

I thick (late Lat.): virga, Cassiod. Hist. Eccl. 10, 33.—Comp.: vestis grossior, Sulp. Sev. Dal. 1, 21; Vulg. Ezech. 41, 25; 1 Reg. 12, 10; 2 Chron. 10, 10.—Sup., Cassiod. in Psa. 29, 12; cf.: grossus paxu/s, Gloss. Philox.—Hence, adv. only comp.: gros-sĭus, more roughly: definire, Aug. de Duab. Anim. 11, 15.

In the wild

6 of 15 attestations shown.

Where it came from

  • de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. grossus (scan p. 287; entry #723). Root candidates: *grdmo-, *grem-.
  • Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. grossus (scan p. 307; entry #4826).

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