·adj Stupid; gross; crass; as, dense ignorance.
II. Dense ·adj Having the constituent parts massed or crowded together; close; compact; thick; containing much matter in a small space; heavy; opaque; as, a dense crowd; a dense forest; a dense fog.
densē, adv., thickly, frequently , etc. v. densus fin. ...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
dense adv. densus, closely, in quick succession .—Only comp: idem apud alios densius: N...
An Elementary Latin Dictionary