Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 775.grauis on page 775
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gravis heavy
gravis is a Latin Adjective that primarily means heavy.
Definitions for gravis
Wheelock's Latin
Adjective
- 1
heavy, weighty, serious, important, severe, grievous
English derivatives:
aggravate grief grievance grieve grave gravity
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Adjective
- 1
Heavy, weighty, ponderous. (b) (of parts of the body, w. added notion of strength) massive. (c) weighty because of the quantity present, abundant. (d) (of food) substantial, nutritious. (e) (phr) aes ~e, money of the oldest standard, in which an as weighed a full pound.
- 2
Weighted, burdened, laden (w. something specified or implied). (b) pregnant. (c) heavily armed or equipped.
- 3
Falling or striking with force; (of a blow, fall or sim.) heavy.
- 4
Ponderous in movement, unwieldy; (of a river) sluggish. (b) (of the breathing) laboured.
- 5
Difficult to shift, clinging; (of soil) tenacious, heavy. (b) (of food) that weighs down upon the stomach, indigestible.
Sentences with gravis
Latin to English
Nōs servitūte gravī metū līberāte.Compare Free us from slavery and heavy fear.
Hīs rēbus gravibus dictīs, ōrātor ā nōbīs laudātus est.Compare When these important things had been said, the orator was praised by us.
Vive pius - moriere; pius cole sacra - colentem mors gravis a templis in cava busta trahet; carminibus confide bonis - iacet, ecce, Tibullus: vix manet e toto, parva quod urna capit!Compare Live the duteous life - you will die; be faithful in your worship - in the very act of worship heavy death will drag you from the temple to the hollow tomb; put your trust in beautiful song - behold, Tibullus lies dead: from his whole self there scarce remains what the slight urn receives!
Caveo, ne etiam in gravis inimicitia converto sui amicitia.Compare Care must be taken lest friendships turn into bitter enmities.
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 126.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 775.
- 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): 120.
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Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "gravis, grave (adj.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed December 21, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/gravis-grave.
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Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 126.gravis, grave on page 126
