gravans

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of gravō (“burden, weigh down”)

Participle

gravāns (genitive gravantis, adverb gravanter); third-declension one-termination participle

  1. burdening, weighing down, oppressing
  2. impregnating, making pregnant
  3. aggravating, making worse

Declension

Third-declension participle.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative gravāns gravantēs gravantia
genitive gravantis gravantium
dative gravantī gravantibus
accusative gravantem gravāns gravantēs
gravantīs 		gravantia
ablative gravante
gravantī1 		gravantibus
vocative gravāns gravantēs gravantia

1When used purely as an adjective.

References

  • “gravans”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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