(v. a.adv.) : grăvo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.gravis.
* To charge with a load, to load, burden, weigh down, oppress (mostly poet. and in postAug. prose).
* Lit.: praefectum castrorum sarcinis gravant,Tac. A. 1, 20; cf.: ferus Actora magno Ense gravat Capaneus,Stat. Th. 10, 257: non est ingenii cymba gravanda tui,Prop. 3, 3 (4, 2), 22: aegraque furtivum membra gravabat onus,Ov. H. 11, 38: gravantur arbores fetu,Lucr. 1, 253; cf.: sunt poma gravantia ramos,Ov. M. 13, 812: ne, si demissior ibis, Unda gravet pennas,id. ib. 8, 205: quia pondus illis abest, nec sese ipsi gravant,Quint. 1, 12, 10: stomacho inutilis, nervis inimicus, caput gravans,Plin. 21, 19, 75, § 128: minui quod gravet (corpus) quolibet modo utilius,id. 11, 53, 119, § 284: ne obsidio ipsa multitudine gravaretur,Just. 14, 2, 3; 38, 10, 8; so in pass.: alia die febre commotus est: tertia cum se gravari videret,weighed down, oppressed,Capitol. Anton. 12; and esp. in perf. part.: gravatus somno,Plin. 10, 51, 70, § 136; 26, 1, 4, § 6; 33, 1, 6, § 27: vino,Curt. 6, 11, 28: telis,id. 8, 14, 38: ebrietate,id. 5, 7, 11: cibo,Liv. 1, 7, 5: vino somnoque,id. 25, 24, 6.
* Transf., as v. dep.: grăvor, ātus (lit., to be burdened with any thing, to feel burdened; hence), to feel incommoded, vexed, wearied, or annoyed at any thing; to take amiss, to bear with reluctance, to regard as a burden, to do unwillingly (class.); in Cic. only absol. or with an object-clause, afterwards also constr. with acc.
* Trop.
* To burden, oppress, incommode: nil moror officium, quod me gravat,Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 264: septem milia hominum, quos et ipse gravari militia senserat,Liv. 21, 23, 6: sed magis hoc, quo (mala nostra) sunt cognitiora, gravant,Ov. Tr. 4, 6, 28.
* To lower in tone; hence, gram. t. t., to give the grave accent to a vowel (opp. acuo): a littera gravatur,Prisc. 539, 573 P.
* Absol.: non gravabor,Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 49: quid gravare? id. Stich. 3, 2, 22: quamquam gravatus fuisti, non nocuit tamen,id. ib. 5, 4, 40: ne gravare,Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 19: primo gravari coepit, quod invidiam atque offensionem timere dicebat,Cic. Clu. 25, 69: ego vero non gravarer si, etc.,id. Lael. 5, 17: nec gravatus senex dicitur locutus esse, etc.,Liv. 9, 3, 9: ille non gravatus, Primum, inquit, etc.,Varr. R. R. 1, 3: spem ac metum juxta gravatus Vitellius ictum venis intulit,Tac. A. 6, 3: benignus erga me ut siet: ne gravetur,Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 15.
* With an object-clause: rogo, ut ne graveris exaedificare id opus, quod instituisti,Cic. de Or. 1, 35, 164; 1, 23, 107; id. Fam. 7, 14, 1: ne graventur, sua quoque ad eum postulata deferre,Caes. B. C. 1, 9: quod illi quoque gravati prius essent ad populandam Macedoniam exire,Liv. 31, 46, 4: tibi non gravabor reddere dilatae pugnae rationem,id. 34, 38, 3; Curt. 9, 1, 8; 6, 8, 12; Suet. Aug. 34 al.
* Grăvātē (acc. to II.), with difficulty or reluctance, unwillingly, grudgingly: non gravate respondere,Cic. de Or. 1, 48, 208; opp. gratuito,id. Off. 2, 19, 66; opp. benigne,id. Balb. 16, 36: Canius contendit a Pythio ut venderet: gravate ille primo,id. Off. 3, 14, 59: qui cum haud gravate venissent,Liv. 3, 4, 6 Weissenb. (al. gravati): concedere,id. 42, 43, 2.—Comp.: manus et plantas ad saviandum gravatius porrigere,Front. ad M. Caes. 4, 12 fin.
* Grăvanter, with reluctance, unwillingly: reguli Gallorum haud gravanter venerunt,Liv. 21, 24, 5 Weissenb. (al. gravate); Cassiod. Varr. 4, 5.

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