gravo

gravo

See also: gravó, gravò, and gravo-

Catalan

Verb

gravo

1. first-person singular present indicative form of gravar

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡra.vo/
• Rhymes: -avo
• Hyphenation: grà‧vo

Verb

gravo

1. first-person singular present indicative of gravare

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Latin

Etymology

From gravis (“heavy”) +‎ -ō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡra.u̯oː/, [ˈɡräu̯oː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡra.vo/, [ˈɡräːvo]

Verb

gravō (present infinitive gravāre, perfect active gravāvī, supine gravātum); first conjugation

1. I burden, weigh down, oppress.

   Synonyms: aggravō, ingravō, premō, opprimō

2. I make pregnant.
3. I aggravate, make worse

   Synonyms: ingravō, aggravō, onerō

4. I refuse, dislike, shun

Conjugation

Conjugation of gravō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	gravō	gravās	gravat	gravāmus	gravātis	gravant
	imperfect	gravābam	gravābās	gravābat	gravābāmus	gravābātis	gravābant
	future	gravābō	gravābis	gravābit	gravābimus	gravābitis	gravābunt
	perfect	gravāvī	gravāvistī	gravāvit	gravāvimus	gravāvistis	gravāvērunt, gravāvēre
	pluperfect	gravāveram	gravāverās	gravāverat	gravāverāmus	gravāverātis	gravāverant
	future perfect	gravāverō	gravāveris	gravāverit	gravāverimus	gravāveritis	gravāverint
passive	present	gravor	gravāris, gravāre	gravātur	gravāmur	gravāminī	gravantur
	imperfect	gravābar	gravābāris, gravābāre	gravābātur	gravābāmur	gravābāminī	gravābantur
	future	gravābor	gravāberis, gravābere	gravābitur	gravābimur	gravābiminī	gravābuntur
	perfect	gravātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	gravātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	gravātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	gravem	gravēs	gravet	gravēmus	gravētis	gravent
	imperfect	gravārem	gravārēs	gravāret	gravārēmus	gravārētis	gravārent
	perfect	gravāverim	gravāverīs	gravāverit	gravāverīmus	gravāverītis	gravāverint
	pluperfect	gravāvissem	gravāvissēs	gravāvisset	gravāvissēmus	gravāvissētis	gravāvissent
passive	present	graver	gravēris, gravēre	gravētur	gravēmur	gravēminī	graventur
	imperfect	gravārer	gravārēris, gravārēre	gravārētur	gravārēmur	gravārēminī	gravārentur
	perfect	gravātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	gravātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	gravā	—	—	gravāte	—
	future	—	gravātō	gravātō	—	gravātōte	gravantō
passive	present	—	gravāre	—	—	gravāminī	—
	future	—	gravātor	gravātor	—	—	gravantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		gravāre	gravāvisse	gravātūrum esse	gravārī	gravātum esse	gravātum īrī
participles		gravāns	—	gravātūrus	—	gravātus	gravandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		gravandī	gravandō	gravandum	gravandō	gravātum	gravātū

Derived terms

• dēgravō

Descendants

• French: grever
• Spanish: gravar
• Italian: gravare
• Portuguese: gravar

References

• “gravo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “gravo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• gravo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) cogent, decisive reasons: magnae (graves) necessariae causae
    
  • (ambiguous) men of sound opinions: homines graves (opp. leves)
    
  • (ambiguous) to be (heavily) punished by some one: poenas (graves) dare alicui
    

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Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *garāfijō.

Noun

grāvo m

1. count; servant of the king with a specific supervisory task

Inflection

Declension of gravo

	Singular	Plural
nominative	gravo	gravon
accusative	gravo	gravon
genitive	gravon	gravon
dative	gravin	gravon

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: grâve
  • Dutch: graaf

Further reading

• “grāvo”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾa.vu/

• Rhymes: -avu, (Northern Portugal) -abu
• Hyphenation: gra‧vo

Verb

gravo

1. first-person singular present indicative of gravar

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾabo/ [ˈɡɾa.β̞o]
• Rhymes: -abo
• Syllabification: gra‧vo
• Homophone: grabo

Verb

gravo

1. first-person singular present indicative of gravar