gravidus

Latin

Etymology

    From gravō + -idus.

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    gravidus (feminine gravida, neuter gravidum); first/second-declension adjective

    1. pregnant, with child, gravid
      Synonym: praegnāns
      • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 4.633:
        nunc gravidum pecus est, gravidae quoque sēmine terrae
        Now the cattle are pregnant, likewise the lands laden with seed
    2. full, filled, laden, abundant, teeming
    3. burdened

    Declension

    First/second-declension adjective.

    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
    nominative gravidus gravida gravidum gravidī gravidae gravida
    genitive gravidī gravidae gravidī gravidōrum gravidārum gravidōrum
    dative gravidō gravidae gravidō gravidīs
    accusative gravidum gravidam gravidum gravidōs gravidās gravida
    ablative gravidō gravidā gravidō gravidīs
    vocative gravide gravida gravidum gravidī gravidae gravida

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    References

    • “gravidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “gravidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • gravidus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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