gradus

¹ American  

[grey-duhs] / ˈgreɪ dəs /

noun

Music.

plural

graduses

1. a work consisting wholly or in part of exercises of increasing difficulty.

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gradus ² American  

[grey-duhs] / ˈgreɪ dəs /

noun

plural

graduses

1. a dictionary of prosody, especially one that gives word quantities and poetic phrases and that is intended to aid students in the writing of Latin and Greek verse.

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gradus British  

/ ˈɡreɪdəs /

noun

1. a book of études or other musical exercises arranged in order of increasing difficulty

2. prosody a dictionary or textbook of prosody for use in writing Latin or Greek verse

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Etymology

Origin of gradus¹

< Latin: grade, step

Origin of gradus²

First recorded in 1755–65; after Gradus ad Parnassum (a step to Parnassus), Latin title of a dictionary of prosody much used in English public schools during the 18th and 19th centuries

Example Sentences

Comere caput in gradus et annulos; compare with Tibull. iii. 2,

From Döderlein's Hand-book of Latin Synonymes by Döderlein, Ludwig

Et hoc manifestum est in nobem figuris, quibus designant unumquemque gradum cuiuslibet gradus.

From The Hindu-Arabic Numerals by Karpinski, Louis Charles

The only publications which the Company continues to issue are a Latin gradus and almanacks, of which it had at one time the entire monopoly.

From Old and New London Volume I by Thornbury, Walter

An account of them was published in 1755, entitled De Litteraria expeditione per pontificam ditionem ad dimetiendos duos meridiani gradus a PP.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" by Various

Sed Proculus Long� veniebat Julius Alb�; Lunaque fulgebat; nec facis usus erat: Cum subito motu nubes crepuere sinistr�: Retulit ille gradus, horrueruntque com�.

From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.