LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinefourth declension

dīgressus

dīgressus m (genitive dīgressūs)

Meaning

  1. parting, separating; a going away, departure

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativedīgressusdīgressūs
genitivedīgressūsdīgressuum
dativedīgressuīdīgressibus
accusativedīgressumdīgressūs
ablativedīgressūdīgressibus
vocativedīgressusdīgressūs

dīgressus, a, um, Part., from digredior.
dīgressus, ūs, m. digredior,
I. a parting, separating; a going away, departure.
I. Lit. (good prose): congressus nostri lamentationem pertimui, digressum vero non tulissem, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 4; opp. accessus, id. N. D. 2, 19, 50; c. c. discessus, id. de Sen. 23, 85; cf. also id. Pis. 26, 63; id. Att. 1, 5, 4; Plin. 11, 29, 35, § 107 al. —
II. Trop. only in Quint., a deviating in speech, digression, Quint. 10, 5, 17; 4, 3, 14; in plur., id. 10, 1, 49.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Latindīgressus

Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *gʰredʰ-der. Latin gradior Latin dīgredior Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin dīgressus From dīgredior + -tus (forming action nouns).

In English words that came into English from dīgressus

  • digressdigressum
  • digressiondigressio

Quick answers

What does dīgressus mean in Latin?
dīgressus, a noun, means “parting, separating; a going away, departure”.
What is the genitive of dīgressus?
The genitive singular is dīgressūs. dīgressus is masculine, fourth declension.
Where does dīgressus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ → Latin dīgressus.