gravis

gravis

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gravis

1. past of gravi

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• IPA^(key): /ˈɡrɑːʋis/, [ˈɡrɑ̝ːʋis̠]
• IPA^(key): /ˈɡrɑʋis/, [ˈɡrɑ̝ʋis̠]
• Hyphenation: gra‧vis

gravis

1. grave accent (diacritical mark)

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• IPA^(key): /ɡʁa.vi/

gravis

1. first-person singular present indicative of gravir
2. second-person singular present indicative of gravir
3. first-person singular past historic of gravir
4. second-person singular past historic of gravir
5. second-person singular imperative of gravir

gravis

1. masculine plural of the past participle of gravir

• givras

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• grauis

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷréh₂us. Cognate with Ancient Greek βαρύς (barús), Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌿𐍃 (kaurus, “heavy”), Persian گران (gerân) and Sanskrit गुरु (gurú). See also Latin brūtus.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈɡra.u̯is/, [ˈɡräu̯ɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡra.vis/, [ˈɡräːvis]

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gravis (neuter grave, comparative gravior, superlative gravissimus, adverb graviter); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. heavy
2. troublesome, hard
3. grave, serious

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

• “gravis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “gravis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• gravis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • healthy climate: caelum salūbre, salubritas caeli (opp. grave, gravitas)
    
  • to be seriously ill: gravi morbo affectum esse, conflictari, vexari
    
  • to recruit oneself after a severe illness: e gravi morbo recreari or se colligere
    
  • elevated, moderate, plain style: genus dicendi grave or grande, medium, tenue (cf. Or. 5. 20; 6. 21)
    
  • a deep, high, thin, moderate voice: vox gravis, acuta, parva, mediocris
    
  • a man of character, with a strong personality: vir constans, gravis (opp. homo inconstans, levis)
    
  • exorbitant rate of interest: fenus iniquissimum, grande, grave
    
  • an important witness: testis gravis
    
  • to be (seriously, mortally) wounded: vulnus (grave, mortiferum) accipere, excipere
    
  • (ambiguous) cogent, decisive reasons: magnae (graves) necessariae causae
    
  • (ambiguous) men of sound opinions: homines graves (opp. leves)
    
  • (ambiguous) to be (heavily) punished by some one: poenas (graves) dare alicui