gravis
See also: Gravis
Catalan
Verb
gravis
- second-person singular present subjunctive of gravar
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɡravɪs]
Noun
gravis m inan
- grave accent (diacritic mark `)
- Synonym: obrácená čárka
Declension
Declension of gravis (hard masculine inanimate)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | gravis | gravisy |
| genitive | gravisu | gravisů |
| dative | gravisu | gravisům |
| accusative | gravis | gravisy |
| vocative | gravise | gravisy |
| locative | gravisu | gravisech |
| instrumental | gravisem | gravisy |
Further reading
- “gravis”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
- “gravis”, in Akademický slovník cizích slov at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz [Academic dictionary of foreign words] (in Czech), 1995
Esperanto
Verb
gravis
- past of gravi
Finnish
Etymology
Internationalism (see German Gravis).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡrɑ(ː)ʋis/, [ˈɡrɑ̝(ː)ʋis̠]
- Rhymes: -ɑʋis
- Syllabification(key): gra‧vis
- Hyphenation(key): gra‧vis
Noun
gravis
- grave accent (diacritical mark)
Declension
| Inflection of gravis (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | gravis | gravikset | |
| genitive | graviksen | gravisten graviksien | |
| partitive | gravista | graviksia | |
| illative | gravikseen | graviksiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | gravis | gravikset | |
| accusative | nom. | gravis | gravikset |
| gen. | graviksen | ||
| genitive | graviksen | gravisten graviksien | |
| partitive | gravista | graviksia | |
| inessive | graviksessa | graviksissa | |
| elative | graviksesta | graviksista | |
| illative | gravikseen | graviksiin | |
| adessive | graviksella | graviksilla | |
| ablative | gravikselta | graviksilta | |
| allative | gravikselle | graviksille | |
| essive | graviksena | graviksina | |
| translative | gravikseksi | graviksiksi | |
| abessive | graviksetta | graviksitta | |
| instructive | — | graviksin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Derived terms
compounds
Further reading
- “gravis”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡʁa.vi/
Audio: (file)
Verb
gravis
- inflection of gravir:
- first/second-person singular present indicative
- first/second-person singular past historic
- second-person singular imperative
Participle
gravis m pl
- masculine plural of gravi
Anagrams
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
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.[1] Cognate with Ancient Greek βαρύς (barús), Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌿𐍃 (kaurus, “heavy”), Persian گران (gerân) and Sanskrit गुरु (gurú). See also Latin brūtus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɡra.wɪs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɡraː.vis]
Adjective
gravis (neuter grave, comparative gravior, superlative gravissimus, adverb graviter); third-declension two-termination adjective
- heavy
- Antonym: levis
- pregnant
- troublesome, hard
- grave, serious
- rank, unpleasant, strong (smell)
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
| nominative | gravis | grave | gravēs | gravia | |
| genitive | gravis | gravium | |||
| dative | gravī | gravibus | |||
| accusative | gravem | grave | gravēs gravīs |
gravia | |
| ablative | gravī | gravibus | |||
| vocative | gravis | grave | gravēs | gravia | |
Derived terms
Descendants
(See also grevis.)
References
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “gravis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 272
Further reading
- “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[2], 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
- healthy climate: caelum salūbre, salubritas caeli (opp. grave, gravitas)