grātus, grāta, grātum

Definitions for grātus

Wheelock's Latin

Adjective

1
pleasing, agreeable, grateful
English derivatives:
grace gracious grateful gratitude gratify gratis gratuitousgratuity ingrate ingratiate agree congratulate

Oxford Latin Dictionary

Adjective

1
Grateful, thankful, appreciative.
2
2 (of kindnesses, etc.) Received with or deserving of gratitude or appreciation. (b) ~um facere alicui, to do someone a favour, oblige him. (c) ~um (et acceptum) habere, to be grateful for, appreciate, prize. (d) ~um (est), I'm much obliged, thank you.
3
(usu. foll. by dat of person or absol.) That enjoys favour with others, acceptable, welcome, popular, etc.: (a) (of things). (b) (of persons).
4
(objectively, w. ref. to a permanent quality) Pleasant, attractive, charming.

Sentences with grātus

Latin to English

Donec gratus eram tibi nec quisquam potior bracchia candidae cervici iuvenis dabat, Persarum vigui rege beatior.Compare Whilst, Lydia, I was lov'd of thee, and ('bout thy ivory neck) no youth did fling his arms more acceptable free, I thought me richer than the Persian King. (Tr. Ben Jonson)

Utque viro furtiva Venus, sic grata puellae. Vir male dissimulat; tectius illa cupit.Compare And as stolen love is pleasant to a man, so it is also to a woman; the man dissembles badly; she conceals desire better.

Ut nunc sunt mores, adeo res redit: si quis quid reddit, magna habendast grata.Compare The way things are today, you have to act very grateful when someone pays back what he owes you.

Inter spem curamque, timores et iras omnem crede diem tibi diluxisse supremum. Grata supervenien, quae non sperabitur hora.Compare In a world of hope and care, of fears and angry passions, hold for yourself the belief that each day that dawns is your last: the hour to which you do not look forward will be a pleasant surprise.

Ipse iudico homo tu gratus benigne facio.Compare You yourself shall decide that you have acted kindly to a very grateful man.

Ille tenuis ille, a qui exspecto, gratus sui videor studeo.Compare That poor man is anxious that he should appear grateful to those from whom he has expectations.

Data sources

Notes

Definitions
Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 263.
P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 774.
Word frequencies
Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 122.

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Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.

Francese, Christopher. "Latin Core Vocabulary." Dickinson College Commentaries. Last modified 2014. http://dcc.dickinson.edu/latin-vocabulary-list.

Gildersleeve, Basil L., and Gonzales Lodge. Gildersleeve's Latin Grammar: Third Edition, Revised, and Enlarged. 3rd ed. London, England: Macmillan and Co., 1903.

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Citation

Chicago (17th ed.)

Allo Contributors. "grātus, grāta, grātum (adj.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified August 26, 2023. Accessed December 26, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/gratus-grata-gratum.