LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

spissigradus

spissigradus (feminine spissigrada, neuter spissigradum, comparative spissigradior, superlative spissigradissimus)
Classical[spɪsˈsɪ.ɡra.dʊs]Ecclesiastical[spisˈsiː.ɡra.dus]

Meaning

  1. adjectiveslow-paced
    [Agorastocles] Ita me di ament, tardo amico nihil est quicquam inaequius, praesertim homini amanti, qui quidquid agit properat omnia. Sicut ego hos duco advocatos, homines spissigradissimos,May gods so love me, nothing is more unfair than having a slothful friend, even more so for a man in love, who in doing anything must all expedite. So I lead them, having called them forth, the most slow-paced men of them all, slower than freight ships [corbitae] upon a quiet sea.c. 194 BCE, Plautus, Poenulus 3.1.1–4

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativespissigradusspissigradaspissigradum
genitivespissigradīspissigradaespissigradī
dativespissigradōspissigradaespissigradō
accusativespissigradumspissigradamspissigradum
ablativespissigradōspissigradāspissigradō
vocativespissigradespissigradaspissigradum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativespissigradīspissigradaespissigrada
genitivespissigradōrumspissigradārumspissigradōrum
dativespissigradīsspissigradīsspissigradīs
accusativespissigradōsspissigradāsspissigrada
ablativespissigradīsspissigradīsspissigradīs
vocativespissigradīspissigradaespissigrada

spissĭgrădus, a, um, adj. spissegradior,
I. slow-paced: hos duco homines spissigradissimos, Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 3.

Origins

From spissus + gradus.

Quick answers

What does spissigradus mean in Latin?
spissigradus, a adjective, means “slow-paced”.
How do you pronounce spissigradus?
In classical Latin, [spɪsˈsɪ.ɡra.dʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [spisˈsiː.ɡra.dus].