Gratius

See also: gratius

Latin

Etymology

From grātus (“grateful”) +‎ -ius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɡraː.ti.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɡrat.t͡si.us]

Proper noun

Grātius m sg (genitive Grātiī or Grātī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Gratius Faliscus, a Roman poet

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Grātius
genitive	Grātiī Grātī1
dative	Grātiō
accusative	Grātium
ablative	Grātiō
vocative	Grātī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

• “Gratius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• “Gratius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.