Gradivus

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Latin

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Etymology

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From gradior (to walk, to step forward) +‎ -īvus. Literally, he who walks, who steps forward.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “any explanation for -ā-? apparently -a- is a hapax in Ovid”)

Noun

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Grādīvus m sg (genitive Grādīvī); second declension

  1. An epithet of Mars

Declension

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Second-declension noun, singular only.

References

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  • Gradivus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Gradivus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.