gravis – Latin adjective declension

Adjective: gravis
Hyphenation:

Declension: Third

Nominative

Singular masc.	gravis
Singular fem.	gravis
Singular neut.	grave
Plural masc.	gravēs
Plural fem.	gravēs
Plural neut.	gravia

Genitive

Singular masc.	gravis
Singular fem.	gravis
Singular neut.	gravis
Plural masc.	gravium
Plural fem.	gravium
Plural neut.	gravium

Dative

Singular masc.	gravī
Singular fem.	gravī
Singular neut.	gravī
Plural masc.	gravibus
Plural fem.	gravibus
Plural neut.	gravibus

Accusative

Singular masc.	gravem
Singular fem.	gravem
Singular neut.	grave
Plural masc.	gravīs; gravēs
Plural fem.	gravīs; gravēs
Plural neut.	gravia

Ablative

Singular masc.	gravī
Singular fem.	gravī
Singular neut.	gravī
Plural masc.	gravibus
Plural fem.	gravibus
Plural neut.	gravibus

Vocative

Singular masc.	gravis
Singular fem.	gravis
Singular neut.	grave
Plural masc.	gravēs
Plural fem.	gravēs
Plural neut.	gravia

Comparison

Comparative	gravior
Superlative	gravissimus

Sample Sentences

Habēmus senātus cōnsultum in tē, Catilīna, vehemēns et grave, [...]. (We have a decree of the Senate against you, Catiline, decisive and serious, ….) [63 BCE, Cicero, In Catilinam orationes 1.3]

Adjectives inflected like gravis

frūgālis, subtīlis, sēgnis, puerīlis, adclīvis, cīvīlis, vocābilis, īnsignis, nōbilis, fertilis, dēfōrmis, perfidēlis, grandis, praedulcis, stabilis, crūdēlis, horribilis, inaequālis, līberālis, cōmis, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)

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. Cognate with Ancient Greek βαρύς (barús), Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌿𐍃 (kaurus, “heavy”), Persian گران (gerân) and Sanskrit गुरु (gurú). See also Latin brūtus. See: Gothic Adjectives '𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌿𐍃', Latin Adjectives 'brūtus'.

Verbs referencing "gravis"

English Adjectives grave, French Adjectives grave, Italian Adjectives grave, Portuguese Adjectives grave, Spanish Adjectives grave, French Adjectives grief, Catalan Adjectives greu, Romanian Adjectives greu, Italian Adjectives greve, Romanian Adjectives grav, English Adjectives gravigrade.