gravant
Dictionary entries
- Entry →gravo, gravare, gravavi, gravatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
load/weigh down; burden, oppress; pollute (air); accuse, incriminate; aggravate;
pl. pres. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber I
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...discursus, quia pondus illis abest nec se ipsi gravant: sic animi quoque, credo quia minore conatu moventur..."Liber I
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...Rufum praefectum castrorum ira, quem dereptum vehiculo sarcinis gravant aguntque primo in agmine per ludibrium rogitantes..."