grex

Meaning

1. (declension-3, masculine) a group of smaller animals: a flock (of birds, sheep, etc.), a pack (of dogs, wolves, etc.), a swarm (of insects), etc.
2. (declension-3, figuratively, masculine) a similar group of other things
3. (declension-3, masculine) a group of people: a crowd, a clique, a company, a band, a troop, etc.
4. (declension-3, masculine) a team of charioteers.
5. (declension-3, masculine) a troupe of actors.

Concepts

flock

herd

drove

troop

set

bevy

crowd

swarm

gaggle

bunch

group

brood

building

bury

business

busyness

cartload

chowder

circle

⭕

clamour

cloud

☁️

cluster

clutter

coalition

collection

colony

comfort

company

corps

covey

drift

erst

exaltation

family

👪

field

flight

✈️

flush

grist

gulp

harem

hive

horde

huddle

intrigue

kennel

kindle

knot

🪢

leash

mob

murder

Synonyms

armentum

caterva

turba

pecus

examen

armenta

probata

Translations

αγέλη

troupeau

Herde

rebaño

manada

kudde

ramat

rebanho

roedel

drift

mandria

Rudel

Haufe

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈɡrɛks]

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *greks, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ger- (“to assemble, gather together”) (though De Vaan prefers to reconstruct the Proto-Italic as *gʷreg-, and the Proto-Indo-European as *gʷreg- (“group, herd”)). Cognates include Lithuanian gurguole (“mass, crowd”) and gurgulys (“chaos, confusion”), Old Church Slavonic гръсть (grŭstĭ, “handful”), Welsh gre (“herd”), Ancient Greek γάργαρα (gárgara, “heaps, lots (of people, etc.)”), Khotanese [script needed] (haṃ-grīs, “to gather, assemble”).