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gravidus

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Latin

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Etymology

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    From gravō + -idus.

    Pronunciation

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    Adjective

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

    1. pregnant, with child, gravid
      Synonym: praegnāns
      • 166 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Andria 215–216:
        DĀVUS: Ad haec mala hoc mī accēdit etiam: haec Andria — / sī ista uxor sīve amīcast — gravida ē Pamphilōst.
        DAVUS: Besides these troubles, another one is added for me: this Andrian woman — whether she’s his wife or mistress — is pregnant by Pamphilus.
        (amīcast = amīca elided with est; Pamphilōst = the character Pamphilus, ablative Pamphilōs, elided with est.)
      • 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
    2. full, filled, laden, abundant, teeming
    3. burdened

    Declension

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    First/second-declension adjective.

    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
    nominative gravidus gravida gravidum gravidī gravidae gravida
    genitive gravidī gravidae gravidī gravidōrum gravidārum gravidōrum
    dative gravidō gravidae gravidō gravidīs
    accusative gravidum gravidam gravidum gravidōs gravidās gravida
    ablative gravidō gravidā gravidō gravidīs
    vocative gravide gravida gravidum gravidī gravidae gravida

    Derived terms

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    Descendants

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    References

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    • “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.
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