German

Noun

Gravis m ‎(genitive Gravis, plural Gravis)

1. grave accent

Declension

Catalan

Verb

gravis

1. second-person singular present subjunctive form of gravar

Esperanto

Verb

gravis

1. past of gravi

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁa.vi/

Verb

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

Participle

gravis

1. masculine plural of the past participle of gravir

Anagrams

• givras

Latin

Alternative forms

• grauis

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡra.wis/

Adjective

gravis m, f ‎(neuter grave); third declension

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

Inflection

Third declension.

• comparative: gravior, superlative: gravissimus

Descendants

References

• 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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “gravis”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (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