(adj.adv.) : grātŭītus (grātŭĭtum, Stat. S. 1, 6, 16), a, um, adj. gratia
* That is done with, out pay, reward, or profit; free, spontaneous, voluntary, gratuitous (class.): ea (examina apium) vel aere parta vel gratuita contingunt,Col. 9, 8, 1: quid? liberalitas gratuitane est an mercenaria? si sine praemio benigna est, gratuita: si cum mercede, conducta,Cic. Leg. 1, 18, 48; cf.: probitas gratuita,id. Fin. 2, 31, 99: hominum caritas et amicitia gratuita est,id. N. D. 1, 44, 122: ne gratuita quidem suffragia,purchased,id. Planc. 22, 54; cf.: comitia gratuita,i. e. at which no gratuities were distributed to voters,id. Att. 4, 15, 8; id. Q. Fr. 2, 15, b, 4: pecunia,i. e. without interest,Plin. Ep. 3, 11, 2: cum debitor gratuita pecunia utatur,Paul. Sent. 2, 5, 1; so, usus pecuniae,Suet. Aug. 41: milies sestertio proposito,id. Tib. 48; and perh. also, fenus,lending without interest,id. Caes. 27: universi milites gratuitam et sine frumento stipendioque operam (obtulerunt),id. ib. 68: cadaverum et ruderum gratuita egestio,id. Ner. 38: gratuita in Circo loca,free places,id. Calig. 26: subsellia,free benches,id. Ner. 17: navis, a free ship or boat, Sen. Ben. 6, 19: furor,innate, spontaneous,Liv. 2, 42, 6: crudelitas,unprovoked,id. 3, 37, 8: praeterita parricidia,without effect, in vain,id. 1, 47, 1: AVGVSTALIS,without pay,Inscr. Orell. 3918; SO, SACERDOS, Inscr. ap. Maff. Mus. Ver. 80, 3: largis gratuitum cadit rapinis,Stat. S. 1, 6, 16: odium aut est ex offensa, aut gratuitum,unprovoked,Sen. Ep. 105, 3 (al. gratuito).—Hence, adv.: grātŭīto, without pay or profit, for naught, gratis, gratuitously: hic (Polygnotus) et Athenis porticum, quae Poecile vocatur, gratuito (pinxit), cum partem ejus Micon mercede pingeret,Plin. 35, 9, 35, § 59; Tac. A. 11, 22 fin.: neque tamen eloquentiam gratuito contingere,without cost,id. ib. 11, 7: multorum causas et non gravate et gratuito defendentis,Cic. Off. 2, 19, 66: cum mediocribus multis gratuito civitatem in Graecia homines impertiebant,for no particular reason,id. Arch. 5, 10; cf.: ne per otium torpescerent manus aut animus, gratuito potius malus atque crudelis erat,Sall. C. 16, 3 Kritz: gratuito nemo bonus est,id. H. 1, 48, 9.

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