gravis

gravis

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of gravar

• IPA^(key):

gravis m inan

1. grave accent (diacritic mark `)

   Synonym: obrácená čárka

• “gravis”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “gravis”, in Akademický slovník cizích slov at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz (in Czech), 1995

gravis

1. past of gravi

Internationalism (see German Gravis).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡrɑ(ː)ʋis/,
• Rhymes: -ɑʋis
• Syllabification^(key): gra‧vis
• Hyphenation^(key): gra‧vis

gravis

1. grave accent (diacritical mark)

• “gravis”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja ‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁa.vi/

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gravis

1. inflection of gravir:
   1. first/second-person singular present indicative
   2. first/second-person singular past historic
   3. second-person singular imperative

gravis m pl

1. masculine plural of gravi

• givras

• grevis

From Proto-Italic *gʷraus, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷréh₂us, an u-stem adjective regularly enlarged into the i-stem, compare brevis, dulcis, mollis, tenuis, etc. 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):
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key):

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

1. heavy

   Antonym: levis

2. pregnant
3. troublesome, hard
4. grave, serious
5. rank, unpleasant, strong (smell)

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

(See also grevis.)

• “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, 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