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Grātĭus , a,
I.name of a Roman gens.
1. Gratius, ii, m., the opponent of the poet Archias, Cic. Arch. 4, 8; 6, 12.—
2. Gratius Faliscus, a contemporary of Ovid, author of a poem on hunting, Cynegeticon, Ov. P. 4, 16, 34.—
II. Deriv.: Grātĭānus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Gratius, Gratian: “vasa ex argento,” Plin. 33, 11, 49, § 139.—Subst.: Grātiānus , i, m., son and co-regent of the emperor Valentinian I., from 367 to 383 A. D.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Cicero, For Archias, 4.8
    • Ovid, Ex Ponto, 4.16
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