spissus

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *spidtos, cognate to Ancient Greek σπιδνός (spidnós, “dense, solid”) and Latvian spiedu (“I compress, I press”).[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

spissus (feminine spissa, neuter spissum); first/second declension

  1. thick, close, compact, dense, crowded
  2. slow, tardy, late
  3. hard, difficult

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative spissus spissa spissum spissī spissae spissa
Genitive spissī spissae spissī spissōrum spissārum spissōrum
Dative spissō spissae spissō spissīs spissīs spissīs
Accusative spissum spissam spissum spissōs spissās spissa
Ablative spissō spissā spissō spissīs spissīs spissīs
Vocative spisse spissa spissum spissī spissae spissa

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Descendants

References
  1. “spesso” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, →ISBN
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