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|lshtext=<b>grăvis</b>: e, adj. Sanscr. gurus ([[root]] gar-); Gr. [[βαρύς]], [[heavy]]; [[gravis]], for gar-uis; cf. also [[Brutus]]. With [[respect]] to [[weight]],<br /><b>I</b> [[heavy]], [[weighty]], [[ponderous]], [[burdensome]]; or [[pass]]., loaded, laden, burdened (opp. [[levis]], [[light]]; in [[most]] of its significations corresp. to the Gr. [[βαρύς]]; cf. [[onerosus]], [[onerarius]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit. Absol. or [[with]] abl.<br /> <b>1</b> In gen.: [[imber]] et [[ignis]], [[spiritus]] et [[gravis]] [[terra]], Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 37 Müll.; so, [[tellus]], Ov. M. 7, 355: corpora, Lucr. 2, 225 sq.; cf. id. 5, 450 sq.: [[limus]], id. 5, 496: in eo [[etiam]] [[cavillatus]] est, aestate [[grave]] esse aureum [[amiculum]], hieme frigidum, Cic. N. D. 3, 34, 83: navigia, Caes. B. G. 5, 8, 4; cf.: tot ora navium gravi Rostrata duci pondere, Hor. Epod. 4, 17: cum gravius dorso (aselli) subiit [[onus]], id. S. 1, 9, 21: [[sarcina]], id. Ep. 1, 13, 6: inflexi [[grave]] [[robur]] aratri, Verg. G. 1, 162: cujus (tibicinae) Ad strepitum salias terrae [[gravis]], Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 26: [[terra]], burdened (by the [[heavy]] [[body]]), Ov. M. 12, 118: naves hostilibus spoliis graves, [[heavily]] laden, Liv. 29, 35, 5; cf.: [[agmen]] [[grave]] praedā, id. 21, 5, 8; for [[which]] also [[simply]]: [[grave]] [[agmen]], id. 31, 39, 2: [[miles]], [[heavy]]-[[armed]], Tac. A. 12, 35: [[gravis]] aere [[dextra]], Verg. E. 1, 36: cum [[fatalis]] [[equus]] saltu [[super]] ardua venit [[Pergama]] et armatum peditem [[gravis]] attulit alvo, i. e. [[filled]], [[full]], id. A. 6, 516 (an [[imitation]] of Maximo saltu superavit Gravidus armatis [[equus]], Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2; v. [[gravidus]], II. β): graves imbre [[nubes]], Liv. 28, 15, 11: graves fructu vites, Quint. 8, 3, 8: [[gravis]] vinculis, Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 10.—<br /> <b>2</b> In partic.<br /> <b>a</b> With [[respect]] to [[value]] or [[number]], [[heavy]], [[great]]. So, aes [[grave]], [[heavy]] [[money]], [[money]] of the oldest [[standard]], in [[which]] an as weighed a [[full]] [[pound]]: [[grave]] aes [[dictum]] a pondere, [[quia]] [[deni]] asses, [[singuli]] [[pondo]] libras, efficiebant denarium, etc., Paul. ex Fest. p. 98 Müll.: et [[quia]] [[nondum]] [[argentum]] signatum erat, aes [[grave]] plaustris [[quidam]] (ex patribus) ad aerarium convehentes, etc., Liv. 4, 60, 6; 10, 46, 5; 22, 33, 2 et saep.: [[populus]] Romanus ne argento [[quidem]] signato [[ante]] Pyrrhum regem devictum [[usus]] est: librales appendebantur asses. Quare aeris [[gravis]] [[poena]] dicta, Plin. 33, 3, 13, § 42: [[argentum]], i. e. [[uncoined]] = [[rude]]: placet [[argentum]] [[grave]] rustici patris [[sine]] ullo opere et nomine artificis, Sen. Tranq. 1, 4: notavit aliquos, [[quod]] pecunias levioribus usuris mutuati graviore fenore collocassent, at a [[higher]] [[rate]], Suet. Aug. 39; cf.: in graviore [[annona]], id. ib. 25: [[grave]] [[pretium]], a [[high]] [[price]], Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 314, 25.—With [[respect]] to [[number]]: graves pavonum greges, [[great]] or [[numerous]] flocks, Varr. ap. Non. 314, 31. —<br /> <b>b</b> For the [[usual]] [[gravidus]], [[with]] [[young]], [[pregnant]] ([[poet]]. and in [[post]]-Aug. [[prose]]): [[regina]] [[sacerdos]] Marte [[gravis]], Verg. A. 1, 274; cf. [[uterus]] ([[shortly]] [[after]]: [[gravidus]] tumet [[venter]]), Ov. M. 10, 495: balaenae utero graves ([[shortly]] [[before]], gravidae), Plin. 9, 6, 5, § 13.—<br /> <b>B</b> Transf.<br /> <b>1</b> Of [[hearing]] or [[sound]], [[deep]], [[grave]], [[low]], [[bass]] (opp. [[acutus]], [[treble]]): vocem ab acutissimo [[sono]] [[usque]] ad gravissimum sonum recipiunt, Cic. de Or. 1, 59, 251; cf. id. ib. 3, 57, 216: qui ([[sonus]]) acuta cum gravibus [[temperans]], varios [[aequabiliter]] [[concentus]] efficit, id. Rep. 6, 18: vox, Quint. 11, 3, 17; 42: [[sonus]], 2, 8, 15; 5, 10, 125; 11, 3, 41; Ov. M. 12, 203: [[tenor]], Quint. 1, 5, 26: [[syllaba]], i. e. unaccented, id. 1, 5, 22 sq.; 12, 10, 33.—<br /> <b>2</b> Of [[smell]] or flavor, [[strong]], [[unpleasant]], [[offensive]]: an [[gravis]] hirsutis cubet [[hircus]] in [[alis]], [[rank]], Hor. Epod. 12, 5: chelydri, Verg. G. 3, 415: ellebori, id. ib. 3, 451: [[odor]] calthae, [[strong]], Plin. 21, 6, 15, § 28; cf.: [[herba]] odore [[suaviter]] gravi, id. 25, 9, 70, § 118; cf. 117: [[habrotonum]] odore jucunde gravi floret, id. 21, 10, 34, § 60: absynthium ut bibam gravem, i. e. [[bitter]], Varr. ap. Non. 19, 27, and 314, 14.—<br /> <b>3</b> Of the [[state]] of the [[body]] or [[health]], [[gross]], indigestible, [[unwholesome]], [[noxious]], [[severe]]; [[sick]]: ([[Cleanthes]]) negat ullum esse cibum tam gravem, [[quin]] is [[die]] et nocte concoquatur, Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 24; so, genera cibi graviora, Cels. 2, 18: gravissima bubula ([[caro]]), id. ib.: pisces gravissimi, id. ib.: [[neque]] ex salubri [[loco]] in gravem, [[neque]] ex gravi in salubrem [[transitus]] [[satis]] [[tutus]] est, id. 1, 3; cf.: [[solum]] caelumque juxta [[grave]], Tac. H. 5, 7: solet esse [[gravis]] cantantibus [[umbra]], Verg. E. 10, 75: anni tempore gravissimo et caloribus maximis, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 16, 1; cf.: [[gravis]] [[auctumnus]] in [[Apulia]] circumque [[Brundisium]] ex saluberrimis Galliae et Hispaniae regionibus, omnem exercitum valetudine tentaverat, Caes. B. C. 3, 2 fin.: [[grave]] [[tempus]] et [[forte]] [[annus]] [[pestilens]] erat urbi agrisque, Liv. 3, 6, 1; cf. also id. 3, 8, 1: [[aestas]], Verg. G. 2, 377: morbo [[gravis]], [[sick]], id. ib. 3, 95; cf.: [[gravis]] vulnere, Liv. 21, 48, 4: aetate et viribus gravior, id. 2, 19, 6: gravior de vulnere, Val. Fl. 6, 65: non insueta graves tentabunt pabula fetas, [[sick]], [[feeble]], Verg. E. 1, 50; so absol.: aut abit in somnum [[gravis]], [[heavy]], [[languid]], Lucr. 3, 1066.<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br /> <b>A</b> In a [[bad]] [[sense]], [[heavy]], [[burdensome]], [[oppressive]], [[troublesome]], [[grievous]], [[painful]], [[hard]], [[harsh]], [[severe]], [[disagreeable]], [[unpleasant]] (syn.: [[molestus]], [[difficilis]], [[arduus]]): qui labores morte finisset graves, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 48, 115: [[quod]] [[numquam]] [[tibi]] senectutem gravem esse senserim ... quibus [[nihil]] est in ipsis opis ad [[bene]] beateque vivendum, iis [[omnis]] [[aetas]] [[gravis]] est, Cic. de Sen. 2, 4; cf.: [[onus]] officii, id. Rosc. Am. 38, 112; id. Rep. 1, 23: et facilior et [[minus]] aliis [[gravis]] aut molesta [[vita]] est otiosorum, id. Off. 1, 21, 70; id. Rep. 1, 4: miserior graviorque [[fortuna]], Caes. B. G. 1, 32, 4: haec si gravia aut acerba videantur, [[multo]] [[illa]] gravius aestimare debere, etc., id. ib. 7, 14 fin.: velim si [[tibi]] [[grave]] non erit, me certiorem facias, Cic. Fam. 13, 73, 2: [[grave]] est homini pudenti petere aliquid magnum, id. Fam. 2, 6, 1; id. Att. 1, 5, 4: est in populum Romanum [[grave]], non posse, etc., id. Balb. 7, 24: [[verbum]] gravius, id. Verr. 2, 3, 58, § 134: ne [[quid]] gravius in fratrem statueret ... [[quod]] si [[quid]] ei a Caesare gravius accidisset, etc., Caes. B. G. 1, 20, 1 and 4: gravissimum [[supplicium]], id. ib. 1, 31, 15: habemus [[senatusconsultum]] in te, [[Catilina]], [[vehemens]] et [[grave]], Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 3: [[edictum]], Liv. 29, 21, 5: gravioribus [[bellis]], Cic. Rep. 1, 40: [[gravis]] esse alicui, id. Fam. 13, 76, 2; cf.: [[adversarius]] imperii, id. Off. 3, 22, 86: gravior [[hostis]], Liv. 10, 18, 6: senes ad ludum adolescentium [[descendant]], ne sint iis odiosi et graves, Cic. Rep. 1, 43: [[gravis]] popularibus esse coepit, Liv. 44, 30, 5.—Prov.: [[gravis]] malae conscientiae lux est, Sen. Ep. 122.—<br /> <b>B</b> In a [[good]] [[sense]], [[weighty]], [[important]], [[grave]]; [[with]] [[respect]] to [[character]], of [[weight]] or [[authority]], [[eminent]], [[venerable]], [[great]]: [[numquam]] erit alienis [[gravis]], qui suis se concinnat levem, Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 58: [[quod]] [[apud]] omnes leve et infirmum est, id [[apud]] judicem [[grave]] et sanctum esse ducetur? Cic. Rosc. Com. 2, 6: ea ([[honestas]]) [[certe]] omni pondere gravior habenda est [[quam]] reliqua omnia, id. Off. 3, 8, 35; id. Deiot. 2, 5: cum gravibus seriisque rebus satisfecerimus, id. ib. 1, 29, 103: [[auctoritas]] clarissimi viri et in rei publicae maximis gravissimisque causis cogniti, id. Fam. 5, 12, 7; cf. [[causa]], Lucil. ap. Non. 315, 31; Quint. 1, 2, 3; Caes. B. C. 1, 44, 4: gravius erit tuum unum [[verbum]] ad eam rem, [[quam]] [[centum]] mea, Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 107: ut [[potentia]] [[senatus]] [[atque]] [[auctoritas]] minueretur: quae [[tamen]] [[gravis]] et magna remanebat, Cic. Rep. 2, 34: sententiis non tam gravibus et severis [[quam]] concinnis et venustis, id. Brut. 95, 325: gravior [[oratio]], id. de Or. 2, 56, 227: [[nihil]] sibi gravius esse faciendum, [[quam]] ut, etc., id. Clu. 6, 16: inceptis gravibus et magna professis, Hor. A. P. 14: [[exemplum]] [[grave]] praebet [[ales]], etc., id. C. 4, 11, 26: non tulit ullos haec [[civitas]] aut [[gloria]] clariores, aut auctoritate graviores, aut humanitate politiores, Cic. de Or. 2, 37, 154: et esse et videri omnium gravissimus et severissimus, id. ib. 2, 56, 228: [[homo]] [[prudens]] et [[gravis]], id. ib. 1, 9, 38: [[neque]] [[oratio]] abhorrens a [[persona]] hominis gravissimi, id. Rep. 1, 15 fin.: [[auctor]], id. Pis. 6, 14: [[testis]], id. Fam. 2, 2: non [[idem]] [[apud]] graves viros, [[quod]] leviores ([[decet]]), Quint. 11, 1, 45: vir [[bonus]] et [[gravis]], id. 11, 3, 184: gravissimi sapientiae magistri, id. 12, 1, 36: tum pietate gravem ac meritis si [[forte]] virum quem Conspexere, Verg. A. 1, 151: gravissima [[civitas]], Cic. Rep. 1, 3: gravem [[atque]] opulentam civitatem vineis et pluteis cepit, an [[important]] [[city]], Liv. 34, 17, 12.— Hence, adv.: grăvĭter.<br /> <b>1</b> Weightily, [[heavily]], [[ponderously]] ([[very]] [[rare]]): aëra per purum [[graviter]] simulacra feruntur, Lucr. 4, 302; cf.: [[graviter]] cadere, id. 1, 741; Ov. P. 1, 7, 49.—<br /> <b>b</b> Transf.<br /> <b>(a)</b> Of tones, [[deeply]]: [[natura]] fert, ut extrema ex altera parte [[graviter]], ex altera [[autem]] [[acute]] sonent, Cic. Rep. 6, 18; Lucr. 4, 543.—Far [[more]] freq.,<br /> <b>(b)</b> Vehemently, [[strongly]], [[violently]]: [[graviter]] crepuerunt fores, Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 52; so, spirantibus flabris, Lucr. 6, 428; Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 2: pertentat [[tremor]] terras, Lucr. 6, 287: ferire aliquem, Verg. A. 12, 295: conquassari omnia, Lucr. 5, 105; cf.: quae gravissime afflictae erant naves, Caes. B. G. 4, 31, 2.—<br /> <b>2</b> Trop.<br /> <b>a</b> Vehemently, [[violently]], [[deeply]], [[severely]]; [[harshly]], [[unpleasantly]], [[disagreeably]]: [[graviter]] aegrotare, Cic. Off. 1, 10, 32: se habere, id. Att. 7, 2, 3: [[neque]] is [[sum]], qui gravissime ex [[vobis]] mortis periculo terrear, Caes. B. G. 5, 30, 2: gravissime dolere, id. ib. 5, 54 fin.: quem ego amarem [[graviter]], Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 87; cf.: placere occoepit [[graviter]], [[postquam]] est mortua, Caecil. ap. Non. 314, 19: [[tibi]] [[edepol]] [[iratus]] [[sum]] [[graviter]], Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 2: cives gravissime dissentientes, Cic. Phil. 12, 11, 27: si me meis civibus injuria suspectum tam [[graviter]] [[atque]] offensum viderem, id. Cat. 1, 7, 17: [[graviter]] angi, id. Lael. 3, 10: tulit hoc [[commune]] [[dedecus]] jam familiae [[graviter]] [[filius]], [[with]] [[chagrin]], [[vexation]], id. Clu. 6, 16; cf.: [[graviter]] et [[acerbe]] aliquid ferre, id. Verr. 2, 1, 58, § 152: [[graviter]] accipere aliquid, id. de Or. 2, 52, 211; Tac. A. 13, 36; cf.: adolescentulus [[saepe]] [[eadem]] et [[graviter]] audiendo [[victus]] est, Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 62: [[nolo]] in illum gravius dicere, [[more]] [[harshly]], id. Ad. 1, 2, 60; cf.: de amplissimis viris gravissime acerbissimeque decernitur, Caes. B. C. 1, 5, 4; id. B. G. 3, 16, 4; cf. also: [[severe]] et [[graviter]] et [[prisce]] agere, Cic. Cael. 14, 33: ut non gravius accepturi viderentur, si nuntiarentur omnibus eo [[loco]] mortem oppetendam esse, [[more]] [[sorrowfully]], Liv. 9, 4, 6.—<br /> <b>b</b> In an [[impressive]] or [[dignified]] [[manner]], [[impressively]], [[gravely]], [[seriously]], [[with]] [[propriety]] or [[dignity]]: his de rebus tantis tamque atrocibus [[neque]] [[satis]] me [[commode]] dicere [[neque]] [[satis]] [[graviter]] conqueri [[neque]] [[satis]] [[libere]] vociferari posse [[intelligo]]. Nam commoditati [[ingenium]], gravitati [[aetas]], libertati tempora sunt impedimento, Cic. Rosc. Am. 4, 9: ([[Scipio]]) utrumque egit [[graviter]], [[with]] [[dignity]], id. Lael. 21, 77: res gestas narrare [[graviter]], id. Or. 9, 30; cf.: locum [[graviter]] et [[copiose]] tractare, id. Fin. 4, 2, 5. | |lshtext=<b>grăvis</b>: e, adj. Sanscr. gurus ([[root]] gar-); Gr. [[βαρύς]], [[heavy]]; [[gravis]], for gar-uis; cf. also [[Brutus]]. With [[respect]] to [[weight]],<br /><b>I</b> [[heavy]], [[weighty]], [[ponderous]], [[burdensome]]; or [[pass]]., loaded, laden, burdened (opp. [[levis]], [[light]]; in [[most]] of its significations corresp. to the Gr. [[βαρύς]]; cf. [[onerosus]], [[onerarius]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit. Absol. or [[with]] abl.<br /> <b>1</b> In gen.: [[imber]] et [[ignis]], [[spiritus]] et [[gravis]] [[terra]], Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 37 Müll.; so, [[tellus]], Ov. M. 7, 355: corpora, Lucr. 2, 225 sq.; cf. id. 5, 450 sq.: [[limus]], id. 5, 496: in eo [[etiam]] [[cavillatus]] est, aestate [[grave]] esse aureum [[amiculum]], hieme frigidum, Cic. N. D. 3, 34, 83: navigia, Caes. B. G. 5, 8, 4; cf.: tot ora navium gravi Rostrata duci pondere, Hor. Epod. 4, 17: cum gravius dorso (aselli) subiit [[onus]], id. S. 1, 9, 21: [[sarcina]], id. Ep. 1, 13, 6: inflexi [[grave]] [[robur]] aratri, Verg. G. 1, 162: cujus (tibicinae) Ad strepitum salias terrae [[gravis]], Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 26: [[terra]], burdened (by the [[heavy]] [[body]]), Ov. M. 12, 118: naves hostilibus spoliis graves, [[heavily]] laden, Liv. 29, 35, 5; cf.: [[agmen]] [[grave]] praedā, id. 21, 5, 8; for [[which]] also [[simply]]: [[grave]] [[agmen]], id. 31, 39, 2: [[miles]], [[heavy]]-[[armed]], Tac. A. 12, 35: [[gravis]] aere [[dextra]], Verg. E. 1, 36: cum [[fatalis]] [[equus]] saltu [[super]] ardua venit [[Pergama]] et armatum peditem [[gravis]] attulit alvo, i. e. [[filled]], [[full]], id. A. 6, 516 (an [[imitation]] of Maximo saltu superavit Gravidus armatis [[equus]], Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2; v. [[gravidus]], II. β): graves imbre [[nubes]], Liv. 28, 15, 11: graves fructu vites, Quint. 8, 3, 8: [[gravis]] vinculis, Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 10.—<br /> <b>2</b> In partic.<br /> <b>a</b> With [[respect]] to [[value]] or [[number]], [[heavy]], [[great]]. So, aes [[grave]], [[heavy]] [[money]], [[money]] of the oldest [[standard]], in [[which]] an as weighed a [[full]] [[pound]]: [[grave]] aes [[dictum]] a pondere, [[quia]] [[deni]] asses, [[singuli]] [[pondo]] libras, efficiebant denarium, etc., Paul. ex Fest. p. 98 Müll.: et [[quia]] [[nondum]] [[argentum]] signatum erat, aes [[grave]] plaustris [[quidam]] (ex patribus) ad aerarium convehentes, etc., Liv. 4, 60, 6; 10, 46, 5; 22, 33, 2 et saep.: [[populus]] Romanus ne argento [[quidem]] signato [[ante]] Pyrrhum regem devictum [[usus]] est: librales appendebantur asses. Quare aeris [[gravis]] [[poena]] dicta, Plin. 33, 3, 13, § 42: [[argentum]], i. e. [[uncoined]] = [[rude]]: placet [[argentum]] [[grave]] rustici patris [[sine]] ullo opere et nomine artificis, Sen. Tranq. 1, 4: notavit aliquos, [[quod]] pecunias levioribus usuris mutuati graviore fenore collocassent, at a [[higher]] [[rate]], Suet. Aug. 39; cf.: in graviore [[annona]], id. ib. 25: [[grave]] [[pretium]], a [[high]] [[price]], Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 314, 25.—With [[respect]] to [[number]]: graves pavonum greges, [[great]] or [[numerous]] flocks, Varr. ap. Non. 314, 31. —<br /> <b>b</b> For the [[usual]] [[gravidus]], [[with]] [[young]], [[pregnant]] ([[poet]]. and in [[post]]-Aug. [[prose]]): [[regina]] [[sacerdos]] Marte [[gravis]], Verg. A. 1, 274; cf. [[uterus]] ([[shortly]] [[after]]: [[gravidus]] tumet [[venter]]), Ov. M. 10, 495: balaenae utero graves ([[shortly]] [[before]], gravidae), Plin. 9, 6, 5, § 13.—<br /> <b>B</b> Transf.<br /> <b>1</b> Of [[hearing]] or [[sound]], [[deep]], [[grave]], [[low]], [[bass]] (opp. [[acutus]], [[treble]]): vocem ab acutissimo [[sono]] [[usque]] ad gravissimum sonum recipiunt, Cic. de Or. 1, 59, 251; cf. id. ib. 3, 57, 216: qui ([[sonus]]) acuta cum gravibus [[temperans]], varios [[aequabiliter]] [[concentus]] efficit, id. Rep. 6, 18: vox, Quint. 11, 3, 17; 42: [[sonus]], 2, 8, 15; 5, 10, 125; 11, 3, 41; Ov. M. 12, 203: [[tenor]], Quint. 1, 5, 26: [[syllaba]], i. e. unaccented, id. 1, 5, 22 sq.; 12, 10, 33.—<br /> <b>2</b> Of [[smell]] or flavor, [[strong]], [[unpleasant]], [[offensive]]: an [[gravis]] hirsutis cubet [[hircus]] in [[alis]], [[rank]], Hor. Epod. 12, 5: chelydri, Verg. G. 3, 415: ellebori, id. ib. 3, 451: [[odor]] calthae, [[strong]], Plin. 21, 6, 15, § 28; cf.: [[herba]] odore [[suaviter]] gravi, id. 25, 9, 70, § 118; cf. 117: [[habrotonum]] odore jucunde gravi floret, id. 21, 10, 34, § 60: absynthium ut bibam gravem, i. e. [[bitter]], Varr. ap. Non. 19, 27, and 314, 14.—<br /> <b>3</b> Of the [[state]] of the [[body]] or [[health]], [[gross]], indigestible, [[unwholesome]], [[noxious]], [[severe]]; [[sick]]: ([[Cleanthes]]) negat ullum esse cibum tam gravem, [[quin]] is [[die]] et nocte concoquatur, Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 24; so, genera cibi graviora, Cels. 2, 18: gravissima bubula ([[caro]]), id. ib.: pisces gravissimi, id. ib.: [[neque]] ex salubri [[loco]] in gravem, [[neque]] ex gravi in salubrem [[transitus]] [[satis]] [[tutus]] est, id. 1, 3; cf.: [[solum]] caelumque juxta [[grave]], Tac. H. 5, 7: solet esse [[gravis]] cantantibus [[umbra]], Verg. E. 10, 75: anni tempore gravissimo et caloribus maximis, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 16, 1; cf.: [[gravis]] [[auctumnus]] in [[Apulia]] circumque [[Brundisium]] ex saluberrimis Galliae et Hispaniae regionibus, omnem exercitum valetudine tentaverat, Caes. B. C. 3, 2 fin.: [[grave]] [[tempus]] et [[forte]] [[annus]] [[pestilens]] erat urbi agrisque, Liv. 3, 6, 1; cf. also id. 3, 8, 1: [[aestas]], Verg. G. 2, 377: morbo [[gravis]], [[sick]], id. ib. 3, 95; cf.: [[gravis]] vulnere, Liv. 21, 48, 4: aetate et viribus gravior, id. 2, 19, 6: gravior de vulnere, Val. Fl. 6, 65: non insueta graves tentabunt pabula fetas, [[sick]], [[feeble]], Verg. E. 1, 50; so absol.: aut abit in somnum [[gravis]], [[heavy]], [[languid]], Lucr. 3, 1066.<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br /> <b>A</b> In a [[bad]] [[sense]], [[heavy]], [[burdensome]], [[oppressive]], [[troublesome]], [[grievous]], [[painful]], [[hard]], [[harsh]], [[severe]], [[disagreeable]], [[unpleasant]] (syn.: [[molestus]], [[difficilis]], [[arduus]]): qui labores morte finisset graves, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 48, 115: [[quod]] [[numquam]] [[tibi]] senectutem gravem esse senserim ... quibus [[nihil]] est in ipsis opis ad [[bene]] beateque vivendum, iis [[omnis]] [[aetas]] [[gravis]] est, Cic. de Sen. 2, 4; cf.: [[onus]] officii, id. Rosc. Am. 38, 112; id. Rep. 1, 23: et facilior et [[minus]] aliis [[gravis]] aut molesta [[vita]] est otiosorum, id. Off. 1, 21, 70; id. Rep. 1, 4: miserior graviorque [[fortuna]], Caes. B. G. 1, 32, 4: haec si gravia aut acerba videantur, [[multo]] [[illa]] gravius aestimare debere, etc., id. ib. 7, 14 fin.: velim si [[tibi]] [[grave]] non erit, me certiorem facias, Cic. Fam. 13, 73, 2: [[grave]] est homini pudenti petere aliquid magnum, id. Fam. 2, 6, 1; id. Att. 1, 5, 4: est in populum Romanum [[grave]], non posse, etc., id. Balb. 7, 24: [[verbum]] gravius, id. Verr. 2, 3, 58, § 134: ne [[quid]] gravius in fratrem statueret ... [[quod]] si [[quid]] ei a Caesare gravius accidisset, etc., Caes. B. G. 1, 20, 1 and 4: gravissimum [[supplicium]], id. ib. 1, 31, 15: habemus [[senatusconsultum]] in te, [[Catilina]], [[vehemens]] et [[grave]], Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 3: [[edictum]], Liv. 29, 21, 5: gravioribus [[bellis]], Cic. Rep. 1, 40: [[gravis]] esse alicui, id. Fam. 13, 76, 2; cf.: [[adversarius]] imperii, id. Off. 3, 22, 86: gravior [[hostis]], Liv. 10, 18, 6: senes ad ludum adolescentium [[descendant]], ne sint iis odiosi et graves, Cic. Rep. 1, 43: [[gravis]] popularibus esse coepit, Liv. 44, 30, 5.—Prov.: [[gravis]] malae conscientiae lux est, Sen. Ep. 122.—<br /> <b>B</b> In a [[good]] [[sense]], [[weighty]], [[important]], [[grave]]; [[with]] [[respect]] to [[character]], of [[weight]] or [[authority]], [[eminent]], [[venerable]], [[great]]: [[numquam]] erit alienis [[gravis]], qui suis se concinnat levem, Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 58: [[quod]] [[apud]] omnes leve et infirmum est, id [[apud]] judicem [[grave]] et sanctum esse ducetur? Cic. Rosc. Com. 2, 6: ea ([[honestas]]) [[certe]] omni pondere gravior habenda est [[quam]] reliqua omnia, id. Off. 3, 8, 35; id. Deiot. 2, 5: cum gravibus seriisque rebus satisfecerimus, id. ib. 1, 29, 103: [[auctoritas]] clarissimi viri et in rei publicae maximis gravissimisque causis cogniti, id. Fam. 5, 12, 7; cf. [[causa]], Lucil. ap. Non. 315, 31; Quint. 1, 2, 3; Caes. B. C. 1, 44, 4: gravius erit tuum unum [[verbum]] ad eam rem, [[quam]] [[centum]] mea, Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 107: ut [[potentia]] [[senatus]] [[atque]] [[auctoritas]] minueretur: quae [[tamen]] [[gravis]] et magna remanebat, Cic. Rep. 2, 34: sententiis non tam gravibus et severis [[quam]] concinnis et venustis, id. Brut. 95, 325: gravior [[oratio]], id. de Or. 2, 56, 227: [[nihil]] sibi gravius esse faciendum, [[quam]] ut, etc., id. Clu. 6, 16: inceptis gravibus et magna professis, Hor. A. P. 14: [[exemplum]] [[grave]] praebet [[ales]], etc., id. C. 4, 11, 26: non tulit ullos haec [[civitas]] aut [[gloria]] clariores, aut auctoritate graviores, aut humanitate politiores, Cic. de Or. 2, 37, 154: et esse et videri omnium gravissimus et severissimus, id. ib. 2, 56, 228: [[homo]] [[prudens]] et [[gravis]], id. ib. 1, 9, 38: [[neque]] [[oratio]] abhorrens a [[persona]] hominis gravissimi, id. Rep. 1, 15 fin.: [[auctor]], id. Pis. 6, 14: [[testis]], id. Fam. 2, 2: non [[idem]] [[apud]] graves viros, [[quod]] leviores ([[decet]]), Quint. 11, 1, 45: vir [[bonus]] et [[gravis]], id. 11, 3, 184: gravissimi sapientiae magistri, id. 12, 1, 36: tum pietate gravem ac meritis si [[forte]] virum quem Conspexere, Verg. A. 1, 151: gravissima [[civitas]], Cic. Rep. 1, 3: gravem [[atque]] opulentam civitatem vineis et pluteis cepit, an [[important]] [[city]], Liv. 34, 17, 12.— Hence, adv.: grăvĭter.<br /> <b>1</b> Weightily, [[heavily]], [[ponderously]] ([[very]] [[rare]]): aëra per purum [[graviter]] simulacra feruntur, Lucr. 4, 302; cf.: [[graviter]] cadere, id. 1, 741; Ov. P. 1, 7, 49.—<br /> <b>b</b> Transf.<br /> <b>(a)</b> Of tones, [[deeply]]: [[natura]] fert, ut extrema ex altera parte [[graviter]], ex altera [[autem]] [[acute]] sonent, Cic. Rep. 6, 18; Lucr. 4, 543.—Far [[more]] freq.,<br /> <b>(b)</b> Vehemently, [[strongly]], [[violently]]: [[graviter]] crepuerunt fores, Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 52; so, spirantibus flabris, Lucr. 6, 428; Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 2: pertentat [[tremor]] terras, Lucr. 6, 287: ferire aliquem, Verg. A. 12, 295: conquassari omnia, Lucr. 5, 105; cf.: quae gravissime afflictae erant naves, Caes. B. G. 4, 31, 2.—<br /> <b>2</b> Trop.<br /> <b>a</b> Vehemently, [[violently]], [[deeply]], [[severely]]; [[harshly]], [[unpleasantly]], [[disagreeably]]: [[graviter]] aegrotare, Cic. Off. 1, 10, 32: se habere, id. Att. 7, 2, 3: [[neque]] is [[sum]], qui gravissime ex [[vobis]] mortis periculo terrear, Caes. B. G. 5, 30, 2: gravissime dolere, id. ib. 5, 54 fin.: quem ego amarem [[graviter]], Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 87; cf.: placere occoepit [[graviter]], [[postquam]] est mortua, Caecil. ap. Non. 314, 19: [[tibi]] [[edepol]] [[iratus]] [[sum]] [[graviter]], Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 2: cives gravissime dissentientes, Cic. Phil. 12, 11, 27: si me meis civibus injuria suspectum tam [[graviter]] [[atque]] offensum viderem, id. Cat. 1, 7, 17: [[graviter]] angi, id. Lael. 3, 10: tulit hoc [[commune]] [[dedecus]] jam familiae [[graviter]] [[filius]], [[with]] [[chagrin]], [[vexation]], id. Clu. 6, 16; cf.: [[graviter]] et [[acerbe]] aliquid ferre, id. Verr. 2, 1, 58, § 152: [[graviter]] accipere aliquid, id. de Or. 2, 52, 211; Tac. A. 13, 36; cf.: adolescentulus [[saepe]] [[eadem]] et [[graviter]] audiendo [[victus]] est, Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 62: [[nolo]] in illum gravius dicere, [[more]] [[harshly]], id. Ad. 1, 2, 60; cf.: de amplissimis viris gravissime acerbissimeque decernitur, Caes. B. C. 1, 5, 4; id. B. G. 3, 16, 4; cf. also: [[severe]] et [[graviter]] et [[prisce]] agere, Cic. Cael. 14, 33: ut non gravius accepturi viderentur, si nuntiarentur omnibus eo [[loco]] mortem oppetendam esse, [[more]] [[sorrowfully]], Liv. 9, 4, 6.—<br /> <b>b</b> In an [[impressive]] or [[dignified]] [[manner]], [[impressively]], [[gravely]], [[seriously]], [[with]] [[propriety]] or [[dignity]]: his de rebus tantis tamque atrocibus [[neque]] [[satis]] me [[commode]] dicere [[neque]] [[satis]] [[graviter]] conqueri [[neque]] [[satis]] [[libere]] vociferari posse [[intelligo]]. Nam commoditati [[ingenium]], gravitati [[aetas]], libertati tempora sunt impedimento, Cic. Rosc. Am. 4, 9: ([[Scipio]]) utrumque egit [[graviter]], [[with]] [[dignity]], id. Lael. 21, 77: res gestas narrare [[graviter]], id. Or. 9, 30; cf.: locum [[graviter]] et [[copiose]] tractare, id. Fin. 4, 2, 5. | ||
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|gf=<b>grăvis</b>,⁶ e,<br /><b>1</b> lourd, pesant : gravia navigia Cæs. G. 5, 8, 3, vaisseaux lourds ; gravius [[onus]] Cic. CM 4 ; Hor. S. 1, 9, 21, une charge [[plus]] lourde ; tunicæ ab imbre graves Ov. H. 10, 138, tuniques alourdies par suite de la pluie ; graves fructu vites Quint. 8, 3, 8, vignes alourdies par les fruits || [terre] lourde, grasse : Virg., Ov. || [nourriture] lourde : Cic. Nat. 2, 24 || [homme] grand et fort, pesant : Virg. En. 5, 447 || pesamment armé : Liv. 31, 39, 2 ; Tac. Ann. 12, 35 || æs grave, v. æs ; [[argentum]] grave Sen. Tranq. 1, argenterie massive<br /><b>2</b> [fig.] <b> a)</b> grave, de basse [son, voix] : Cic. de Or. 1, 251 ; 3, 216 ; [[syllaba]] [[gravis]] Quint. 1, 5, 22, syllabe sourde, sans accent [opp. à acuta ] ; <b> b)</b> qui pèse dans la balance, de poids, puissant, fort, énergique : [[gravis]] [[civitas]] Cic. Fl. 56, cité importante ; [[gravis]] et [[vehemens]] [[oratio]] Cic. Br. 93, parole pleine de force et de véhémence ; [[auctoritas]] Cic. Rep. 2, 59, influence puissante ; auctoritate graviores homines Cic. de Or. 2, 154, des hommes ayant [[plus]] de poids par leur prestige ; [[gravis]] [[auctor]], [[testis]] Cic. Pis. 14 ; Fam. 2, 2, répondant, témoin de poids ; causæ graves Cic. Clu. 82, des raisons puissantes ; <b> c)</b> grave, [[digne]], noble, imposant : [[oratio]] [[non]] [[abhorrens]] a [[persona]] hominis gravissimi Cic. Rep. 1, 24, des [[propos]] qui ne juraient pas avec le caractère d’un personnage si [[digne]], cf. Cic. de Or. 2, 228 ; Cæl. 35 ; [[genus]] epistularum [[severum]] et grave Cic. Fam. 2, 4, 1, genre de lettres sérieux et [[digne]] ; <b> d)</b> grave, dur, rigoureux : [[verbum]] gravius Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 134, parole un peu [[dure]] ; hæc si gravia [[aut]] acerba videantur... Cæs. G. 7, 14, 10, si ces mesures paraissaient dures ou cruelles... ; ne [[quid]] gravius in fratrem statueret Cæs. G. 1, 20, 1, [il le priait] de ne pas prendre quelque mesure trop rigoureuse contre son frère, cf. Cæs. G. 1, 20, 4 ; gravissimum [[supplicium]] Cæs. G. 1, 31, 15, le [[supplice]] le [[plus]] rigoureux ; gravioribus [[bellis]] Cic. Rep. 1, 63, dans les guerres un peu difficiles ; <b> e)</b> [odeur] violente, [[forte]], pénétrante : Plin. 21, 28 ; 21, 60 ; 25, 118 ; ellebori graves Virg. G. 3, 451, l’ellébore nauséabond ; <b> f)</b> fort, élevé [comme prix], accablant : grave [[pretium]] Sall. d. Non. 314, 25, prix élevé ; grave [[fenus]] Suet. Aug. 39, intérêt exorbitant ; [[gravis]] [[annona]] Suet. Aug. 25, cherté des vivres ; <b> g)</b> pénible, accablant, malsain : anni [[tempus]] gravissimum Cic. Q. 2, 16, 1, saison la [[plus]] pénible ; [[gravis]] [[autumnus]] Cæs. C. 3, 2, 3, automne malsain ; loci [[natura]] graves Liv. 25, 26, 7, endroits naturellement malsains ; <b> h)</b> qui [[est]] à charge, pénible, dur à supporter, fâcheux, désagréable, importun : [[minus]] aliis [[gravis]] [[aut]] molesta [[vita]] [[est]] otiosorum Cic. Off. 1, 70, la vie des [[gens]] qui vivent loin des affaires [[est]] moins [[incommode]], moins à charge pour les autres ; iis [[omnis]] ætas [[gravis]] [[est]] Cic. CM 4, à eux tous les âges de la vie sont à charge ; [[velim]], si [[tibi]] grave [[non]] erit... ; Cic. Fam. 13, 73, 2, je voudrais, si ce n’[[est]] pas une peine pour toi... ; grave [[est]] alicui avec inf. Cic. Fam. 2, 6, 1 ; Att. 1, 5, 4, il [[est]] pénible pour qqn de... ; in populum Romanum grave [[est]] [[non]] posse... Cic. Balbo 24, il [[est]] dur pour le peuple romain de ne pouvoir... ; senes odiosi et graves adulescentibus Cic. Rep. 1, 67, vieillards odieux et insupportables pour les jeunes [[gens]]<br /><b>3</b> alourdi, embarrassé : <b> a)</b> [[agmen]] grave præda Liv. 21, 5, 8, troupe alourdie par le butin, cf. Liv. 29, 35, 5 ; <b> b)</b> = [[gravidus]], en état de grossesse : Virg. En. 1, 274, cf. Ov. M. 10, 495 ; <b> c)</b> accablé, incommodé : morbo [[gravis]] ([[equus]]) Virg. G. 3, 95, (cheval) accablé par la maladie ; [[gravis]] [[adhuc]] vulnere Liv. 21, 48, 4, encore incommodé par sa blessure ; [[gravis]] ætate Liv. 7, 39, 1, fléchissant sous le poids de l’âge ; ætate et viribus gravior Liv. 2, 19, 6, alourdi par l’âge et par ses forces déclinantes. | |||
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grăvis: e, adj. Sanscr. gurus (root gar-); Gr. βαρύς, heavy; gravis, for gar-uis; cf. also Brutus. With respect to weight,
I heavy, weighty, ponderous, burdensome; or pass., loaded, laden, burdened (opp. levis, light; in most of its significations corresp. to the Gr. βαρύς; cf. onerosus, onerarius).
I Lit. Absol. or with abl.
1 In gen.: imber et ignis, spiritus et gravis terra, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 37 Müll.; so, tellus, Ov. M. 7, 355: corpora, Lucr. 2, 225 sq.; cf. id. 5, 450 sq.: limus, id. 5, 496: in eo etiam cavillatus est, aestate grave esse aureum amiculum, hieme frigidum, Cic. N. D. 3, 34, 83: navigia, Caes. B. G. 5, 8, 4; cf.: tot ora navium gravi Rostrata duci pondere, Hor. Epod. 4, 17: cum gravius dorso (aselli) subiit onus, id. S. 1, 9, 21: sarcina, id. Ep. 1, 13, 6: inflexi grave robur aratri, Verg. G. 1, 162: cujus (tibicinae) Ad strepitum salias terrae gravis, Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 26: terra, burdened (by the heavy body), Ov. M. 12, 118: naves hostilibus spoliis graves, heavily laden, Liv. 29, 35, 5; cf.: agmen grave praedā, id. 21, 5, 8; for which also simply: grave agmen, id. 31, 39, 2: miles, heavy-armed, Tac. A. 12, 35: gravis aere dextra, Verg. E. 1, 36: cum fatalis equus saltu super ardua venit Pergama et armatum peditem gravis attulit alvo, i. e. filled, full, id. A. 6, 516 (an imitation of Maximo saltu superavit Gravidus armatis equus, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2; v. gravidus, II. β): graves imbre nubes, Liv. 28, 15, 11: graves fructu vites, Quint. 8, 3, 8: gravis vinculis, Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 10.—
2 In partic.
a With respect to value or number, heavy, great. So, aes grave, heavy money, money of the oldest standard, in which an as weighed a full pound: grave aes dictum a pondere, quia deni asses, singuli pondo libras, efficiebant denarium, etc., Paul. ex Fest. p. 98 Müll.: et quia nondum argentum signatum erat, aes grave plaustris quidam (ex patribus) ad aerarium convehentes, etc., Liv. 4, 60, 6; 10, 46, 5; 22, 33, 2 et saep.: populus Romanus ne argento quidem signato ante Pyrrhum regem devictum usus est: librales appendebantur asses. Quare aeris gravis poena dicta, Plin. 33, 3, 13, § 42: argentum, i. e. uncoined = rude: placet argentum grave rustici patris sine ullo opere et nomine artificis, Sen. Tranq. 1, 4: notavit aliquos, quod pecunias levioribus usuris mutuati graviore fenore collocassent, at a higher rate, Suet. Aug. 39; cf.: in graviore annona, id. ib. 25: grave pretium, a high price, Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 314, 25.—With respect to number: graves pavonum greges, great or numerous flocks, Varr. ap. Non. 314, 31. —
b For the usual gravidus, with young, pregnant (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): regina sacerdos Marte gravis, Verg. A. 1, 274; cf. uterus (shortly after: gravidus tumet venter), Ov. M. 10, 495: balaenae utero graves (shortly before, gravidae), Plin. 9, 6, 5, § 13.—
B Transf.
1 Of hearing or sound, deep, grave, low, bass (opp. acutus, treble): vocem ab acutissimo sono usque ad gravissimum sonum recipiunt, Cic. de Or. 1, 59, 251; cf. id. ib. 3, 57, 216: qui (sonus) acuta cum gravibus temperans, varios aequabiliter concentus efficit, id. Rep. 6, 18: vox, Quint. 11, 3, 17; 42: sonus, 2, 8, 15; 5, 10, 125; 11, 3, 41; Ov. M. 12, 203: tenor, Quint. 1, 5, 26: syllaba, i. e. unaccented, id. 1, 5, 22 sq.; 12, 10, 33.—
2 Of smell or flavor, strong, unpleasant, offensive: an gravis hirsutis cubet hircus in alis, rank, Hor. Epod. 12, 5: chelydri, Verg. G. 3, 415: ellebori, id. ib. 3, 451: odor calthae, strong, Plin. 21, 6, 15, § 28; cf.: herba odore suaviter gravi, id. 25, 9, 70, § 118; cf. 117: habrotonum odore jucunde gravi floret, id. 21, 10, 34, § 60: absynthium ut bibam gravem, i. e. bitter, Varr. ap. Non. 19, 27, and 314, 14.—
3 Of the state of the body or health, gross, indigestible, unwholesome, noxious, severe; sick: (Cleanthes) negat ullum esse cibum tam gravem, quin is die et nocte concoquatur, Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 24; so, genera cibi graviora, Cels. 2, 18: gravissima bubula (caro), id. ib.: pisces gravissimi, id. ib.: neque ex salubri loco in gravem, neque ex gravi in salubrem transitus satis tutus est, id. 1, 3; cf.: solum caelumque juxta grave, Tac. H. 5, 7: solet esse gravis cantantibus umbra, Verg. E. 10, 75: anni tempore gravissimo et caloribus maximis, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 16, 1; cf.: gravis auctumnus in Apulia circumque Brundisium ex saluberrimis Galliae et Hispaniae regionibus, omnem exercitum valetudine tentaverat, Caes. B. C. 3, 2 fin.: grave tempus et forte annus pestilens erat urbi agrisque, Liv. 3, 6, 1; cf. also id. 3, 8, 1: aestas, Verg. G. 2, 377: morbo gravis, sick, id. ib. 3, 95; cf.: gravis vulnere, Liv. 21, 48, 4: aetate et viribus gravior, id. 2, 19, 6: gravior de vulnere, Val. Fl. 6, 65: non insueta graves tentabunt pabula fetas, sick, feeble, Verg. E. 1, 50; so absol.: aut abit in somnum gravis, heavy, languid, Lucr. 3, 1066.
II Trop.
A In a bad sense, heavy, burdensome, oppressive, troublesome, grievous, painful, hard, harsh, severe, disagreeable, unpleasant (syn.: molestus, difficilis, arduus): qui labores morte finisset graves, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 48, 115: quod numquam tibi senectutem gravem esse senserim ... quibus nihil est in ipsis opis ad bene beateque vivendum, iis omnis aetas gravis est, Cic. de Sen. 2, 4; cf.: onus officii, id. Rosc. Am. 38, 112; id. Rep. 1, 23: et facilior et minus aliis gravis aut molesta vita est otiosorum, id. Off. 1, 21, 70; id. Rep. 1, 4: miserior graviorque fortuna, Caes. B. G. 1, 32, 4: haec si gravia aut acerba videantur, multo illa gravius aestimare debere, etc., id. ib. 7, 14 fin.: velim si tibi grave non erit, me certiorem facias, Cic. Fam. 13, 73, 2: grave est homini pudenti petere aliquid magnum, id. Fam. 2, 6, 1; id. Att. 1, 5, 4: est in populum Romanum grave, non posse, etc., id. Balb. 7, 24: verbum gravius, id. Verr. 2, 3, 58, § 134: ne quid gravius in fratrem statueret ... quod si quid ei a Caesare gravius accidisset, etc., Caes. B. G. 1, 20, 1 and 4: gravissimum supplicium, id. ib. 1, 31, 15: habemus senatusconsultum in te, Catilina, vehemens et grave, Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 3: edictum, Liv. 29, 21, 5: gravioribus bellis, Cic. Rep. 1, 40: gravis esse alicui, id. Fam. 13, 76, 2; cf.: adversarius imperii, id. Off. 3, 22, 86: gravior hostis, Liv. 10, 18, 6: senes ad ludum adolescentium descendant, ne sint iis odiosi et graves, Cic. Rep. 1, 43: gravis popularibus esse coepit, Liv. 44, 30, 5.—Prov.: gravis malae conscientiae lux est, Sen. Ep. 122.—
B In a good sense, weighty, important, grave; with respect to character, of weight or authority, eminent, venerable, great: numquam erit alienis gravis, qui suis se concinnat levem, Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 58: quod apud omnes leve et infirmum est, id apud judicem grave et sanctum esse ducetur? Cic. Rosc. Com. 2, 6: ea (honestas) certe omni pondere gravior habenda est quam reliqua omnia, id. Off. 3, 8, 35; id. Deiot. 2, 5: cum gravibus seriisque rebus satisfecerimus, id. ib. 1, 29, 103: auctoritas clarissimi viri et in rei publicae maximis gravissimisque causis cogniti, id. Fam. 5, 12, 7; cf. causa, Lucil. ap. Non. 315, 31; Quint. 1, 2, 3; Caes. B. C. 1, 44, 4: gravius erit tuum unum verbum ad eam rem, quam centum mea, Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 107: ut potentia senatus atque auctoritas minueretur: quae tamen gravis et magna remanebat, Cic. Rep. 2, 34: sententiis non tam gravibus et severis quam concinnis et venustis, id. Brut. 95, 325: gravior oratio, id. de Or. 2, 56, 227: nihil sibi gravius esse faciendum, quam ut, etc., id. Clu. 6, 16: inceptis gravibus et magna professis, Hor. A. P. 14: exemplum grave praebet ales, etc., id. C. 4, 11, 26: non tulit ullos haec civitas aut gloria clariores, aut auctoritate graviores, aut humanitate politiores, Cic. de Or. 2, 37, 154: et esse et videri omnium gravissimus et severissimus, id. ib. 2, 56, 228: homo prudens et gravis, id. ib. 1, 9, 38: neque oratio abhorrens a persona hominis gravissimi, id. Rep. 1, 15 fin.: auctor, id. Pis. 6, 14: testis, id. Fam. 2, 2: non idem apud graves viros, quod leviores (decet), Quint. 11, 1, 45: vir bonus et gravis, id. 11, 3, 184: gravissimi sapientiae magistri, id. 12, 1, 36: tum pietate gravem ac meritis si forte virum quem Conspexere, Verg. A. 1, 151: gravissima civitas, Cic. Rep. 1, 3: gravem atque opulentam civitatem vineis et pluteis cepit, an important city, Liv. 34, 17, 12.— Hence, adv.: grăvĭter.
1 Weightily, heavily, ponderously (very rare): aëra per purum graviter simulacra feruntur, Lucr. 4, 302; cf.: graviter cadere, id. 1, 741; Ov. P. 1, 7, 49.—
b Transf.
(a) Of tones, deeply: natura fert, ut extrema ex altera parte graviter, ex altera autem acute sonent, Cic. Rep. 6, 18; Lucr. 4, 543.—Far more freq.,
(b) Vehemently, strongly, violently: graviter crepuerunt fores, Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 52; so, spirantibus flabris, Lucr. 6, 428; Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 2: pertentat tremor terras, Lucr. 6, 287: ferire aliquem, Verg. A. 12, 295: conquassari omnia, Lucr. 5, 105; cf.: quae gravissime afflictae erant naves, Caes. B. G. 4, 31, 2.—
2 Trop.
a Vehemently, violently, deeply, severely; harshly, unpleasantly, disagreeably: graviter aegrotare, Cic. Off. 1, 10, 32: se habere, id. Att. 7, 2, 3: neque is sum, qui gravissime ex vobis mortis periculo terrear, Caes. B. G. 5, 30, 2: gravissime dolere, id. ib. 5, 54 fin.: quem ego amarem graviter, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 87; cf.: placere occoepit graviter, postquam est mortua, Caecil. ap. Non. 314, 19: tibi edepol iratus sum graviter, Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 2: cives gravissime dissentientes, Cic. Phil. 12, 11, 27: si me meis civibus injuria suspectum tam graviter atque offensum viderem, id. Cat. 1, 7, 17: graviter angi, id. Lael. 3, 10: tulit hoc commune dedecus jam familiae graviter filius, with chagrin, vexation, id. Clu. 6, 16; cf.: graviter et acerbe aliquid ferre, id. Verr. 2, 1, 58, § 152: graviter accipere aliquid, id. de Or. 2, 52, 211; Tac. A. 13, 36; cf.: adolescentulus saepe eadem et graviter audiendo victus est, Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 62: nolo in illum gravius dicere, more harshly, id. Ad. 1, 2, 60; cf.: de amplissimis viris gravissime acerbissimeque decernitur, Caes. B. C. 1, 5, 4; id. B. G. 3, 16, 4; cf. also: severe et graviter et prisce agere, Cic. Cael. 14, 33: ut non gravius accepturi viderentur, si nuntiarentur omnibus eo loco mortem oppetendam esse, more sorrowfully, Liv. 9, 4, 6.—
b In an impressive or dignified manner, impressively, gravely, seriously, with propriety or dignity: his de rebus tantis tamque atrocibus neque satis me commode dicere neque satis graviter conqueri neque satis libere vociferari posse intelligo. Nam commoditati ingenium, gravitati aetas, libertati tempora sunt impedimento, Cic. Rosc. Am. 4, 9: (Scipio) utrumque egit graviter, with dignity, id. Lael. 21, 77: res gestas narrare graviter, id. Or. 9, 30; cf.: locum graviter et copiose tractare, id. Fin. 4, 2, 5.
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1 lourd, pesant : gravia navigia Cæs. G. 5, 8, 3, vaisseaux lourds ; gravius onus Cic. CM 4 ; Hor. S. 1, 9, 21, une charge plus lourde ; tunicæ ab imbre graves Ov. H. 10, 138, tuniques alourdies par suite de la pluie ; graves fructu vites Quint. 8, 3, 8, vignes alourdies par les fruits
