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adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

grātus

grātus (feminine grāta, neuter grātum, comparative grātior, superlative grātissimus, adverb grātē)
Classical[ˈɡraː.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈɡraː.tus]
№ 434 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. adjectivepleasing, acceptable, agreeable, welcome
    speciēs grātissimathe most pleasing appearance
  2. adjectivedear, beloved
  3. adjectivegrateful, thankful

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

quī grātiās habet; etiam quod placet: rēs grāta.
grātus -a -um — in Mille Verba, Animus et Adfectūs

Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms

Gratus · Jucundus · Acceptus · Gratiosus

1. Gratum (from κεχαρῆσθαι) means that which is acceptable only in reference to its value with us, as precious, interesting, and worthy of thanks; but jucundum (from juvare) in reference to the joy which it brings us, as delightful. Cic. Att. iii. 24. Ista veritas etiam si jucunda non est, mihi tamen grata est. Fam. v. 18. Cujus officia jucundiora scilicet sæpe mihi fuerunt, nunquam gratiora. And v. 15. xiii. 18. 2. Gratus refers to the feeling, as wished for; acceptus, to its expression, as welcome. 3. The gratus alicui meets with no antipathy, but is liked; the gratiosus apud aliquem is the object of distinguished favor, and enthusiastic attachment, as the favorite or darling. (iii. 254.)

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativegrātusgrātagrātum
genitivegrātīgrātaegrātī
dativegrātōgrātaegrātō
accusativegrātumgrātamgrātum
ablativegrātōgrātāgrātō
vocativegrātegrātagrātum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativegrātīgrātaegrāta
genitivegrātōrumgrātārumgrātōrum
dativegrātīsgrātīsgrātīs
accusativegrātōsgrātāsgrāta
ablativegrātīsgrātīsgrātīs
vocativegrātīgrātaegrāta

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

gratus (opp. ingratus) animus
gratitude.
grata memoria aliquem prosequi
to show a thankful appreciation of a person's kindness.
aliquid nihilo or gratis constat
a thing costs nothing.
gratum (gratissimum) alicui facere
to do any one a (great) favour.
nomen alicuius grato animo prosequi
to think of a person with a grateful sense of his goodness.
gratam (gratissimam) alicuius memoriam retinere
to retain a (most) pleasant impression of a person.

grātus, a, um, adj. Sanscr. har-jami, love, desire; Gr. χαίρω, χάρμα, χάρις.
I. Pass., beloved, dear, acceptable, pleasing, agreeable (syn.: acceptus, jucundus, optatus, dulcis, blandus, suavis; in this signif. in ante-Aug. prose, viz. in Cic. and Cæs., only of things; gratiosus, mostly of persons).
A. Of things: non ille (amor tuus) quidem mihi ignotus, sed tamen gratus et optatus: dicerem jucundus, nisi id verbum in omne tempus perdidissem, Cic. Fam. 5, 15, 1; cf.: illud tamen dicam, mihi id, quod fecisti, esse gratissimum. Tale enim tuum judicium non potest mihi non summe esse jucundum. Quod cum ita sit, esse gratum necesse est, id. ib. 13, 8, 2: ista veritas, etiam si jucunda non est, mihi tamen grata est, id. Att. 3, 24, 2; cf. also: cujus officia jucundiora licet saepe mihi fuerint, numquam tamen gratiora, id. Fam. 4, 6, 1: quae omnia mihi jucunda, hoc extremum etiam gratum fuit, id. ib. 10, 3, 1; so corresp. or connected with jucundus, id. ib. 1, 17, 6; id. Rosc. Am. 18, 51; id. Cat. 4, 1, 1; Plin. 26, 3, 8, § 14; Plin. Ep. 5, 3, 1; 8, 23, 5: quid est, quod aut populo Romano gratius esse debeat aut sociis exterisque nationibus optatius esse possit, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 3, 7; so with optatus cf. above, the passage Cic. Fam. 5, 15, 1: quod approbaris, id gratum acceptumque habendum. id. Tusc. 5, 15, 45; cf.: mihi pol grata acceptaque hujus est benignitas, Plaut. Stich. 1, 1, 49; Cat. 96, 1: munus eorum gratum acceptumque esse, Nep. Hann. 7; rarely in the contrary order: quorum mihi Dona accepta et grata habeo, tuaque ingrata, Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 56: Tox. Credidi gratum fore Beneficium meum apud te. Do. Immo equidem gratiam tibi habeo, id. Pers. 4, 7, 8; cf.: grata tibi esse mea officia non miror: cognovi enim te gratissimum omnium, etc., Cic. Fam. 5, 11, 1: quam multi, ut Galli, ut Poeni homines immolare et pium et diis immortalibus gratissimum esse duxerunt! Cic. Rep. 3, 9; cf. Caes. B. G. 6, 16, 5; Cic. ap. Non. 398, 28 (Rep. 6, 2 Mos.); cf. in comp.: sedere in his scholis gratius erat quam ire per solitudines, etc., Plin. 26, 2, 6, § 11; cf. also: hedera est gratissima Baccho, Ov. F. 3, 767: dapibus supremi Grata testudo Jovis, Hor. C. 1, 32, 14: eoque erat cujusque gratior in re publica virtus, quod, etc., Cic. Rep. 2, 34 fin.; 2, 35: o diva, gratum quae regis Antium, Hor. C. 1, 35, 1; cf.: grato sub antro, id. ib. 1, 5, 3: locus, id. Ep. 2, 2, 46: tempus, id. ib. 2, 2, 198: hora, id. ib. 1, 4, 14: dies, id. C. 4, 5, 7: lux, id. S. 1, 5, 39: nox, id. Carm. Sec. 23: carmina, id. C. 1, 15, 14; 3, 11, 23: artes, id. ib. 4, 13, 22: error mentis, id. Ep. 2, 2, 140: protervitas, id. C. 1, 19, 7 et saep.: feceris, si de re publica quid sentias explicaris, nobis gratum omnibus, will do us all a favor, Cic. Rep. 1, 21 fin.; cf.: quamobrem utrique nostrum gratum admodum feceris, id. Lael. 4, 16: quod si eum interfecerit, multis sese nobilibus gratum esse facturum, Caes. B. G. 1, 44, 20: quapropter gratissimum mihi feceris, si curaris, ut, etc. ... Hoc mihi gratius facere nihil potes, a very great favor ... no greater favor, Cic. Fam. 13, 44: is adulescens ita locatus est, ut, quae rebus grata erant, gratiora verbis faceret, Liv. 45, 13, 13: gratum elocuta consiliantibus Junone divis, something pleasant, Hor. C. 3, 3, 17.—
B. Of living beings.
(a). With dat.: Herophile Phoebo grata, Tib. 2, 5, 68; cf.: vates diis gratissima, Ov. F. 1, 585; and: superis deorum gratus (Mercurius) et imis, Hor. C. 1, 10, 20: donec gratus eram tibi, id. ib. 3, 9, 1; cf. Prop. 1, 2, 31: gratus Alexandro regi Magno fuit ille Choerilus, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 232; Suet. Caes. 27: cui (Maecenati) cum se gratum et acceptum in modum amici videret, id. Gramm. 21: filio ejus Fausto gratissimus fuit, id. ib. 12: (cervus) gratus erat tibi, Ov. M. 10, 121.—
(b). Absol.: olim gratus eram, Prop. 1, 12, 7; Hor. C. 4, 6, 21: conviva, id. S. 2, 2, 119: comitum gratissime, Ov. M. 14, 221; cf.: juvenum gratissime Crantor, id. ib. 12, 367: o mihi de fratris longe gratissime natis, id. ib. 12, 586: quaestor consulibus suis non minus jucundus et gratus quam usui fuit, Plin. Ep. 8, 23, 5.—Hence, subst.: grātus, i, m., a favorite, darling: quam (classem) non amicorum sed gratorum appellabat, Suet. Tib. 46 fin.
II. Act., thankful, grateful; thankworthy, deserving or procuring thanks (beneficii memor): cognovi te gratissimum omnium: nec enim tu mihi habuisti modo gratiam, verum etiam cumulatissime retulisti, Cic. Fam. 5, 11, 1; cf. id. Leg. 1, 18, 49: quamquam gratiarum actionem a te non desiderabam, cum te re ipsa atque animo scirem esse gratissimum, tamen, etc., id. Fam. 10, 19, 1: si bene de me meritis gratum me praebeo, etc., id. Planc. 38, 91 (v. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 508); cf.: ut grati ac memores beneficii esse videantur, id. Agr. 2, 8, 21: Hegesaratus, magnis meis beneficiis ornatus in consulatu suo, memor et gratus fuit, id. Fam. 13, 25; cf. also id. Att. 9, 11, A, 3: tu quam gratus erga me fueris, ipse existimare potes, id. Fam. 5, 5, 2; cf.: ut quam gratissimus erga te esse cognoscerer, id. ib. 1, 5, 1; Quint. 11, 2, 12: gratiorem me esse in te, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 10, 1: si quod adest gratum juvat, Hor. S. 2, 6, 13; id. C. 1, 12, 39: laudo vos, Quirites, cum gratissimis animis prosequimini nomen clarissimi adolescentis, Cic. Phil. 4, 1, 3; cf. id. ib. 14, 11, 30, and 10, 3, 7: tu, quamcumque deus tibi fortunaverit horam, gratā sume manu, Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 23: quod tamen nunc faciam: tum, cum gratum mihi esse potuit, nolui, i. e. might have procured me thanks, Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 21: est istuc datum Profecto, ut grata mihi sint, quae facio, omnia, id. Eun. 3, 1, 6 Ruhnk.; cf.: didicisse, quam sit re pulchrum, beneficio gratum, fama gloriosum, tyrannum occidere, productive of gratitude, Cic. Phil. 2, 46, 117: pro quibus beneficiis vix satis gratus videar, Sall. H. 2, 41, 5 Dietsch.— Hence, adv.: grātē.
1. (Acc. to I. = jucunde.) With pleasure, agreeably, willingly (rare in the class. period): praeterita grate meminit et, etc., Cic. Fin. 1, 19, 62: liberti pupillorum grate facient, si, etc., Dig. 26, 10, 3: insignis haec munificentia ... nec a debitoribus magis quam a creditoribus gratius excepta, Just. 12, 11, 2: gratissime provocari, Macr. S. 7, 2.—
2. (Acc. to II.) Thankfully, gratefully (class.): aliquid et grate et pie facere, Cic. Planc. 41, 98; cf.: quid pie, quid grate, quid humaniter, aut fecerit aut tulerit, id. de Or. 2, 11, 46; Suet. Aug. 66: natales grate numeras, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 210: beneficium qui dat, vult accipi grate, Sen. Ben. 2, 31: aliquid recipere, Suet. Ner. 22; and in sup.: id munus inter censoria opera gratissime acceptum est, Plin. 7, 60, 60, § 214.

Origins

From Proto-Italic *gʷrātos, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷr̥H-tó-s, from *gʷerH- (“to welcome, greet, praise”). Cognates include Sanskrit गृणाति (gṛṇā́ti, “to praise”) and गूर्त (gūrtá, “pleasing, agreeable, welcome”), Old Church Slavonic жрьти (žrĭti) and Old Prussian girtwei (“to praise”).

Descendants
  • Catalangrat
  • Frenchgré
  • Italiangrado
  • Italiangrato
  • Occitangrat
  • Occitanagrat
  • Portuguesegrado
  • Portuguesegrato
  • Spanishgrado
  • Spanishgrato

Quick answers

What does grātus mean in Latin?
grātus, a adjective, means “pleasing, acceptable, agreeable, welcome; dear, beloved; grateful, thankful”.
How do you pronounce grātus?
In classical Latin, [ˈɡraː.tʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈɡraː.tus].