Gradivus

Latin

Etymology

From gradior (“to walk, to step forward”) +‎ -īvus. Literally, “he who walks, who steps forward”.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “any explanation for -ā-? apparently -a- is a hapax in Ovid”)

Noun

Grādīvus m sg (genitive Grādīvī); second declension

  1. An epithet of Mars

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Grādīvus
Genitive Grādīvī
Dative Grādīvō
Accusative Grādīvum
Ablative Grādīvō
Vocative Grādīve

References
  • “Gradivus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Gradivus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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