LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinefourth declension

ēgressus

ēgressus m (genitive ēgressūs)
Classical[eːˈɡrɛs.sʊs]Ecclesiastical[eˈɡrɛs.sus]

Meaning

  1. A departure, going out.
  2. A disembarking, disembarkation
  3. figurativelyA digression.

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeēgressusēgressūs
genitiveēgressūsēgressuum
dativeēgressuīēgressibus
accusativeēgressumēgressūs
ablativeēgressūēgressibus
vocativeēgressusēgressūs

ēgressus, a, um, Part., from egredior.
ēgressus, ūs, m. egredior,
I. a going out or away (class.).
I. Lit.
A. In gen., egress, departure.
1. In abstr.: frequentia sua vestrum egressum (sc. in provinciam) ornando, * Cic. Pis. 13 fin.: Caesar rarus egressu, Tac. A. 15, 53.—In plur., Sall. J. 35, 5 Kritz; Tac. A. 3, 33; 11, 12; id. Or. 6; Ov. F. 1, 138.—Of birds, a flying out, flight, Ov. M. 11, 748; Col. 8, 8, 1.—
2. In concreto: per tenebrosum et sordidum egressum extraho Gitona, Petr. 91, 3.—In plur., Tac. A. 16, 10; and poet. of the mouths of the Ister, Ov. Tr. 2, 189.—
B. In partic. (acc. to egredior, I. A. 2. b.), a disembarking, going ashore, landing, Caes. B. G. 5, 8, 3; id. B. C. 3, 23, 1; Auct. B. Afr. 3 fin.—
II. Trop., in rhet. lang. = egressio, II., a digression in speaking, Quint. 4, 3, 12; cf.: libero egressu memorare, to narrate with freedom in digression, Tac. A. 4, 32.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  3. Proto-Italic*eks
  4. Latinēgressus

Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *gʰredʰ-der. Latin gradior Latin ēgredior Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin ēgressus From ēgredior + -tus (forming action nouns).

Descendants
  • Italianegresso
  • Portugueseegresso
  • Spanishegreso

In English words that came into English from ēgressus

  • egressēgressus

Quick answers

What does ēgressus mean in Latin?
ēgressus, a noun, means “A departure, going out.; A disembarking, disembarkation; A digression.”.
What is the genitive of ēgressus?
The genitive singular is ēgressūs. ēgressus is masculine, fourth declension.
How do you pronounce ēgressus?
In classical Latin, [eːˈɡrɛs.sʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [eˈɡrɛs.sus].
Where does ēgressus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ → Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs → Proto-Italic *eks → Latin ēgressus.