graviter

French

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin gravitāre, from Latin gravitas.

Pronunciation

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Verb

graviter

1. to orbit, gravitate

Conjugation

Conjugation of graviter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	graviter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	gravitant /ɡʁa.vi.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		gravité /ɡʁa.vi.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	gravite /ɡʁa.vit/	gravites /ɡʁa.vit/	gravite /ɡʁa.vit/	gravitons /ɡʁa.vi.tɔ̃/	gravitez /ɡʁa.vi.te/	gravitent /ɡʁa.vit/
	imperfect	gravitais /ɡʁa.vi.tɛ/	gravitais /ɡʁa.vi.tɛ/	gravitait /ɡʁa.vi.tɛ/	gravitions /ɡʁa.vi.tjɔ̃/	gravitiez /ɡʁa.vi.tje/	gravitaient /ɡʁa.vi.tɛ/
	past historic2	gravitai /ɡʁa.vi.te/	gravitas /ɡʁa.vi.ta/	gravita /ɡʁa.vi.ta/	gravitâmes /ɡʁa.vi.tam/	gravitâtes /ɡʁa.vi.tat/	gravitèrent /ɡʁa.vi.tɛʁ/
	future	graviterai /ɡʁa.vi.tʁe/	graviteras /ɡʁa.vi.tʁa/	gravitera /ɡʁa.vi.tʁa/	graviterons /ɡʁa.vi.tʁɔ̃/	graviterez /ɡʁa.vi.tʁe/	graviteront /ɡʁa.vi.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	graviterais /ɡʁa.vi.tʁɛ/	graviterais /ɡʁa.vi.tʁɛ/	graviterait /ɡʁa.vi.tʁɛ/	graviterions /ɡʁa.vi.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	graviteriez /ɡʁa.vi.tə.ʁje/	graviteraient /ɡʁa.vi.tʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	gravite /ɡʁa.vit/	gravites /ɡʁa.vit/	gravite /ɡʁa.vit/	gravitions /ɡʁa.vi.tjɔ̃/	gravitiez /ɡʁa.vi.tje/	gravitent /ɡʁa.vit/
	imperfect2	gravitasse /ɡʁa.vi.tas/	gravitasses /ɡʁa.vi.tas/	gravitât /ɡʁa.vi.ta/	gravitassions /ɡʁa.vi.ta.sjɔ̃/	gravitassiez /ɡʁa.vi.ta.sje/	gravitassent /ɡʁa.vi.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	gravite /ɡʁa.vit/	—	gravitons /ɡʁa.vi.tɔ̃/	gravitez /ɡʁa.vi.te/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Related terms

• gravitation
• gravité

Further reading

• “graviter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Etymology

From gravis (“heavy”) +‎ -ter.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈɡra.u̯i.ter/, [ˈɡräu̯ɪt̪ɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡra.vi.ter/, [ˈɡräːvit̪er]

Adverb

graviter (comparative gravius, superlative gravissimē)

1. heavily, weightily, ponderously
2. strongly, violently
3. (figuratively) severely, harshly

Related terms

• gravātē
• gravidō
• gravidus
• gravis
• gravitās
• gravō
• gravor

References

• “graviter”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “graviter”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• graviter in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be seriously ill: vehementer, graviter aeogratare, iacēre
    
  • to sleep soundly (from fatigue): arte, graviter dormire (ex lassitudine)
    
  • I am pained, vexed, sorry: aegre, graviter, moleste fero aliquid (or with Acc. c. Inf. or quod)
    
  • to be discontented, vexed at a thing; to chafe: aegre, graviter, moleste, indigne ferre aliquid
    
  • to deal severely with a person: graviter consulere in aliquem (Liv. 8. 13)