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Latin
Etymology
From grātus (“grateful”) + -ius.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Grātius m sg (genitive Grātiī or Grātī); second declension
- a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
- Gratius Faliscus, a Roman poet
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
- “Gratius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
- Gratius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.