regressus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of regredior (“return”).

Participle

regressus (feminine regressa, neuter regressum); first/second-declension participle

1. returned, having returned
2. retired, retreated, having retreated
3. reverted, having reverted

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	regressus	regressa	regressum		regressī	regressae	regressa
Genitive	regressī	regressae	regressī		regressōrum	regressārum	regressōrum
Dative	regressō		regressō		regressīs
Accusative	regressum	regressam	regressum		regressōs	regressās	regressa
Ablative	regressō	regressā	regressō		regressīs
Vocative	regresse	regressa	regressum		regressī	regressae	regressa

Noun

regressus m (genitive regressūs); fourth declension

1. return
2. regression

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	regressus	regressūs
Genitive	regressūs	regressuum
Dative	regressuī	regressibus
Accusative	regressum	regressūs
Ablative	regressū	regressibus
Vocative	regressus	regressūs

Descendants

• Italian: regresso
• Portuguese: regresso
• Russian: регресс (regress)
• Spanish: regreso

References

• “regressus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “regressus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• regressus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• regressus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.