densus

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dens- (“thick, dense”); related to Ancient Greek δασύς (dasús, “hairy, shaggy, dense”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈdẽː.sʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈd̪ɛn.sus]

Adjective

dēnsus (feminine dēnsa, neuter dēnsum, comparative dēnsior, superlative dēnsissimus, adverb dēnsē); first/second-declension adjective

1. dense, compact

   Synonyms: stīpātus, crēber

2. crowded, close
3. frequent

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	dēnsus	dēnsa	dēnsum		dēnsī	dēnsae	dēnsa
genitive	dēnsī	dēnsae	dēnsī		dēnsōrum	dēnsārum	dēnsōrum
dative	dēnsō	dēnsae	dēnsō		dēnsīs
accusative	dēnsum	dēnsam	dēnsum		dēnsōs	dēnsās	dēnsa
ablative	dēnsō	dēnsā	dēnsō		dēnsīs
vocative	dēnse	dēnsa	dēnsum		dēnsī	dēnsae	dēnsa

Derived terms

• condēnsus
• dēnsē
• dēnseō
• dēnsitās
• dēnsō

Descendants

• → Catalan: dens
• Dalmatian: dais
• → Galician: denso
• → Italian: denso
• → Middle French: dense
  • French: dense
    • → Romanian: dens
  • → English: dense
• Megleno-Romanian: des
• → Portuguese: denso
• Romanian: des
• → Spanish: denso
• → Welsh: dwys

References

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