gravans
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Present active participle of gravō (“burden, weigh down”)
Participle
[edit]gravāns (genitive gravantis, adverb gravanter); third-declension one-termination participle
- burdening, weighing down, oppressing
- impregnating, making pregnant
- aggravating, making worse
Declension
[edit]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
[edit]- “gravans”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers