gracilis

Etymology

From an Old Latin verb *graceō or *craceō meaning "I'm meager, slim," from Proto-Indo-European *kerḱ- (“to become thin, to wane”), related to Sanskrit कृश (kṛśa, “thin, lean”), Lithuanian karštu (“to age”), Avestan *𐬐𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬯𐬀‎ (*kərəsa, “meager, lean”), and German schlank (“slim”).

Also compare cracens (“slender”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡra.ki.lis/, [ˈɡra.kɪ.lɪs]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡra.t͡ʃi.lis/, [ˈɡraː.t͡ʃi.lis]

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Adjective

gracilis (neuter gracile); third declension

1. slender, slim, thin
2. meager, scanty, lean
3. (of style) unadorned, simple

References

• 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, 1883–1887)
• gracilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• gracilis in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• gracilis in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray