Dutch

Proper noun

Gradus ?

1. Male given name short for Gerardus

English

Noun

gradus ‎(plural graduses)

1. A handbook used as an aid in a difficult art or practice, specifically, a dictionary of Greek or Latin prosody used as a guide in writing of poetry in Greek or Latin.

Anagrams

• guards, Guards

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʰredʰ- ‎(“to walk, go”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡra.dus/, [ˈɡra.dʊs]

Noun

gradus m ‎(genitive gradūs); fourth declension

1. a step, pace
2. a stage, degree
3. a rank
4. (by extension) a position, station, ground
5. firm position, stand
6. a step, stair, round of a ladder
7. a braid of hair
8. (mathematics) degree

Inflection

Archaic form of genitive singular is graduis. Fourth declension.

Derived terms

Related terms

• gradior

Descendants

References

• gradus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• gradus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• GRADUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “gradus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to take a step: gradum facere
    
  • to increase one's pace: gradum addere (sc. gradui) (Liv. 26. 9)
    
  • on tiptoe: suspenso gradu
    
  • to retreat step by step: gradum sensim referre
    
  • to disconcert a person: animum alicuius de statu, de gradu demovere (more strongly depellere, deturbare)
    
  • to lose one's composure; to be disconcerted: de gradu deici, ut dicitur
    
  • to occupy a very high position in the state: in altissimo dignitatis gradu collocatum, locatum, positum esse
    
  • to depose, bring down a person from his elevated position: aliquem ex altissimo dignitatis gradu praecipitare (Dom. 37. 98)
    
  • to overthrow a person (cf. sect. IX. 6): aliquem de dignitatis gradu demovere
    
  • to overthrow a person (cf. sect. IX. 6): aliquem gradu movere, depellere or de gradu (statu) deicere
    
  • to attain a position of dignity: dignitatis gradum ascendere
    
  • to reach the highest grade of office: amplissimos honorum gradus assequi, adipisci
    
  • to advance rapidly: citato gradu incedere (cf. sect. II. 5)
    
  • to halt: gradum sistere
    
  • to march on the enemy: gradum inferre in hostem
    
• gradus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• gradus in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin