gratus

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷr̥Htos, *gʷerH- (“to welcome, greet, praise”). Cognates include Sanskrit गृणाति (gṛṇā́ti, “to praise”), Old Church Slavonic жрьти (žrĭti) and Old Prussian girtwei (“to praise”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɡraː.tus/, [ˈɡraː.tʊs]

Adjective

grātus (feminine grāta, neuter grātum); first/second declension

  1. pleasing, acceptable, agreeable, welcome
  2. dear, beloved
  3. grateful, thankful

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative grātus grāta grātum grātī grātae grāta
Genitive grātī grātae grātī grātōrum grātārum grātōrum
Dative grātō grātae grātō grātīs grātīs grātīs
Accusative grātum grātam grātum grātōs grātās grāta
Ablative grātō grātā grātō grātīs grātīs grātīs
Vocative grāte grāta grātum grātī grātae grāta

Derived terms

Descendants

References
  • gratus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • gratus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • gratus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • gratus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to do any one a (great) favour: gratum (gratissimum) alicui facere
    • gratitude: gratus (opp. ingratus) animus
    • to show a thankful appreciation of a person's kindness: grata memoria aliquem prosequi
    • to think of a person with a grateful sense of his goodness: nomen alicuius grato animo prosequi
    • to retain a (most) pleasant impression of a person: gratam (gratissimam) alicuius memoriam retinere
  • gratus in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
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