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Latin
Adjective
gravior (comparative, neuter gravius); third declension
- comparative degree of gravis
- more heavy, serious, pregnant, grave, burdensome, grievous
29 BCE – 19 BCE,
Virgil,
Aeneid 4.502–503:
- aut graviōra timet quam morte Sychaeī. / Ergō iussā pārat.
- Or else fears more serious than at the death of Sychaeus. So she makes preparations per orders.
Declension
Third-declension comparative adjective.
References
- gravior in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to say the least..: ne (quid) gravius dicam