gravior

Latin

Adjective

gravior (comparative, neuter gravius); third declension

  1. comparative degree of gravis
  2. more heavy, serious, pregnant, grave, burdensome, grievous
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.502–503:
      [...] aut graviōra timet quam morte Sychaeī. / Ergō iussā pārat.
      Or else [Anna] fears [nothing] more serious than [Dido’s grief] at the death of Sychaeus. So she makes preparations per [Dido’s] orders.

Declension

Third-declension comparative adjective.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative gravior gravius graviōrēs graviōra
genitive graviōris graviōrum
dative graviōrī graviōribus
accusative graviōrem gravius graviōrēs
graviōrīs 		graviōra
ablative graviōre
graviōrī 		graviōribus
vocative gravior gravius graviōrēs graviōra

References

  • gravior in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to say the least..: ne (quid) gravius dicam
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