gravidus

Latin

Etymology

From gravō +‎ -idus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈɡra.u̯i.dus/, [ˈɡräu̯ɪd̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡra.vi.dus/, [ˈɡräːvid̪us]

Adjective

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

1. pregnant, with child, gravid
   • 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

   Synonym: praegnāns

2. full, filled, laden, abundant, teeming
3. burdened

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	gravidus	gravida	gravidum		gravidī	gravidae	gravida
Genitive	gravidī	gravidae	gravidī		gravidōrum	gravidārum	gravidōrum
Dative	gravidō		gravidō		gravidīs
Accusative	gravidum	gravidam	gravidum		gravidōs	gravidās	gravida
Ablative	gravidō	gravidā	gravidō		gravidīs
Vocative	gravide	gravida	gravidum		gravidī	gravidae	gravida

Derived terms

• graviditās
• gravidō

Related terms

• gravātē
• gravis
• gravitās
• graviter
• gravō
• gravor

 

Descendants

• Catalan: gràvid
• Danish: gravid
• English: gravid, gravida
• Esperanto: graveda
• French: gravide
• Friulian: gravide
• Ido: gravida

• Italian: gravido
• Norwegian Bokmål: gravid
• Norwegian Nynorsk: gravid
• → Portuguese: grávido
• Romanian: gravid
• Spanish: grávido
• Swedish: gravid

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.