gracilis

English

Etymology

From Latin gracilis (“slender”). Doublet of gracile.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɡras.ɪ.lɪs/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɡræs.ə.lɪs/

Noun

gracilis (plural graciles)

1. (anatomy) A slender superficial muscle of the inner thigh.

Translations

Inner thigh most superficial muscle

Danish: please add this translation if you can Finnish: hoikkalihas German: Schlankmuskel m Polish: mięsień smukły m Russian: то́нкая мы́шца f (tónkaja mýšca) Swedish: smala lårmuskeln c

References

• “gracilis”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “gracilis”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Anagrams

• Gisclair

Latin

Etymology

From an Old Latin verb *graceō or *craceō (“to be meager, slim”), from Proto-Indo-European *kerḱ- (“to become thin, to wane”), related to Sanskrit कृश (kṛśa, “thin, lean”), Lithuanian karštu (“to age”), and Avestan 𐬐𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬯𐬀 (kər^əsa, “meager, lean”).

Also compare cracens (“slender”) and Proto-Germanic *hurhaz (“lean”) whence Icelandic hor (“emaciation”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɡra.kɪ.lɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɡraː.t͡ʃi.lis]

Adjective

gracilis (neuter gracile, comparative gracilior, superlative gracillimus, adverb graciliter); third-declension two-termination adjective

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

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	gracilis	gracile		gracilēs	gracilia
genitive	gracilis			gracilium
dative	gracilī			gracilibus
accusative	gracilem	gracile		gracilēs gracilīs	gracilia
ablative	gracilī			gracilibus
vocative	gracilis	gracile		gracilēs	gracilia

Synonyms

• (slender): gracilēns, gracilentus, cracens

Related terms

• gracilēns
• gracilentus
• gracilescō
• gracilitās
• graciliter
• gracilitūdo

Descendants

• Italian: graciolo (Lucchese)
• Old Catalan: grayle
• Old French: graisle, graille
  • French: grêle
• Old Occitan: graile
• Romansch: graschel
• → Albanian: grel
• → English: gracile
• → French: gracile
• → Italian: gracile
• → Spanish: grácil
• → Swedish: gracil

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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “gracilis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• gracilis in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), 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 and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911), “gracilis”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 285
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “gracĭlis”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 4: G H I, page 201