adverb
graviter
graviter (comparative gravius, superlative gravissimē)
Classical[ˈɡra.wɪ.tɛr]Ecclesiastical[ˈɡraː.vi.ter]
Meaning
- heavily, weightily, ponderously
- strongly, violently
- figurativelyseverely, harshly
SĪMŌ: Omnēs qui amant graviter sibi darī uxōrem ferunt.
SIMO: All [young men] who have love affairs — they can hardly endure [it] when they’re given a wife. (Speaking with comical irony, Simo knows that his son loves the woman from Andros, and yet Simo has arranged for him to marry another woman instead.)166 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Andria 191
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- ne (quid) gravius dicam
- to say the least...
grăvĭter, adv., v. gravis
I. fin.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
graviter adv. with comp. gravius, and sup. gravissimē
gravis, weightily, heavily, ponderously : tela ut gravius acciderent, Cs.: cecidi. O.—Of tone, deeply : sonare: sonat ungula cornu, V.— Vehemently, strongly, violently : crepuerunt fores, T.: ferire, V.: adflictae naves, Cs.—Fig., vehemently, violently, deeply, severely, harshly, unpleasantly, disagreeably, sadly : aegrotare: saucius: se volnerare, Cu.: gravissime terreri, Cs.: tibi iratus, T.: gravius hoc dolore exarsit, Cs.: cives gravissime dissentientes: tulit hoc, took to heart : cum casūs miseriarum graviter accipiuntur: illa gravius aestimare (i. e. graviora), Cs.: in illum dicere, T.: de viris gravissime decernitur, Cs.: agere: ut non gravius accepturi viderentur si, etc., sorrowfully , L.: se non graviter habere, to be not very ill : spirans, with poisonous breath , V.— With dignity, weightily, impressively, gravely, seriously, with propricty : his de rebus conqueri: de vobis illi gravissime iudicarunt, i. e. were greatly influenced by you , Cs.: res gestas narrare: locum tractare.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷreh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷréh₂us
- Proto-Italic*gʷraus
- Latingraviter
Proto-Indo-European *-teros? Latin -ter Latin graviter From gravis (“heavy”) + -ter.