(adverb) : grātor, ātus, 1
* V. dep. n. and a. [gratus], to manifest joy, to wish one joy, to congratulate, to rejoice with, rejoice (mostly poet. or in post-Aug. prose; not in Cic.; class. gratulor, congratulor): nec tibi me in hac re gratari decet, Att. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 5, 40: inveni, germana, viam: gratare sorori,Verg. A. 4, 478; Ov. M. 6, 434: invicem inter se gratantes,Liv. 9, 43, 17: nescia, gratentur consolenturne parentem (by zeugma),Ov. M. 1, 578: Jovis templum gratantes ovantesque adire,Liv. 7, 13, 10: laudantes gratantesque,Tac. H. 2, 29: inter venerantes gratantesque,id. A. 2, 75: ad gratandum sese expedire,id. ib. 14, 8; Ov. F. 3, 418.—With acc.: gratatur reduces (= eos reduces esse),congratulates them on their return,Verg. A. 5, 40; cf.: (eum Tiberius) incolumem fore gratatur,Tac. A. 6, 21 fin.: totoque libens mihi pectore grator,Ov. M. 9, 244; cf.: quid tibi grataris?id. H. 11, 65.—Hence, grātanter, , with rejoicing, with joy (post-class.): senatus gratanter accepit,Capitol. Macr. 7: accipere,id. Max. 14; Amm. 17, 12; Inscr. Orell. 2588.

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