grator

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Latin

Etymology

From grātus (“pleasing, acceptable”) +‎ -ō.

Pronunciation

Verb

grātor (present infinitive grātārī, perfect active grātātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

  1. (mostly poetic) to manifest joy, wish one joy, congratulate, rejoice with, rejoice
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.478–479:
      “Invēnī, germāna, viam — grātāre sorōrī —
      quae mihi reddat eum, vel eō mē solvat amantem.”
      “I have found, , a way — wish joy to your sister! — which will return him to me, or else release me from loving that man.”
      (grātāre: second person singular present active imperative.)

Conjugation

   Conjugation of grātor (first conjugation, deponent)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present grātor grātāris,
grātāre 		grātātur grātāmur grātāminī grātantur
imperfect grātābar grātābāris,
grātābāre 		grātābātur grātābāmur grātābāminī grātābantur
future grātābor grātāberis,
grātābere 		grātābitur grātābimur grātābiminī grātābuntur
perfect grātātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect grātātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect grātātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present grāter grātēris,
grātēre 		grātētur grātēmur grātēminī grātentur
imperfect grātārer grātārēris,
grātārēre 		grātārētur grātārēmur grātārēminī grātārentur
perfect grātātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect grātātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — grātāre — — grātāminī —
future — grātātor grātātor — — grātantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives grātārī grātātum esse grātātūrum esse — — —
participles grātāns grātātus grātātūrus — — grātandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
grātandī grātandō grātandum grātandō grātātum grātātū

References

  • “grator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • grator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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