gravantur
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. pass. ind. 3rd - Entry →gravor, gravari, gravatus sum:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Deponent
- Frequency:
- Lesser
show/bear with reluctance/annoyance; be burdened/vexed; take amiss; hesitate;
pl. pres. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber I
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...surgunt fruges ramique virescunt arboribus, crescunt ipsae fetuque gravantur. hinc alitur porro nostrum genus atque ferarum, hinc laetas..."Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...corripit, saepe ignavos iacentesque: illi contemnunt vitam, hi gravantur. Quosdam subit eadem faciendi videndique satietas et vitae..."Aeneid IX
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...lassove papavera collo demisere caput pluvia cum forte gravantur. at Nisus ruit in medios solumque per omnis Volcentem..."Liber III
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...interdum etiam praesentibus amicis, si tamen illi non gravantur. Deinde considit, et liber rursus aut sermo libro potior..."