gravior

Latin

Adjective

gravior (neuter gravius); third declension

1. comparative degree of gravis
2. more heavy, serious, pregnant, grave, burdensome, grievous
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.502–503:

     [...] aut graviōra timet quam morte Sychaeī. / Ergō iussā pārat.

     Or else [Anna] fears [nothing] more serious than [Dido’s grief] at the death of Sychaeus. So she makes preparations per [Dido’s] orders.

Declension

Third-declension comparative adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	gravior	gravius		graviōrēs	graviōra
genitive	graviōris			graviōrum
dative	graviōrī			graviōribus
accusative	graviōrem	gravius		graviōrēs graviōrīs	graviōra
ablative	graviōre graviōrī			graviōribus
vocative	gravior	gravius		graviōrēs	graviōra

References

• gravior in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to say the least..: ne (quid) gravius dicam