I.v. dep. n. and a. [gratus].
I. To manifest one's joy, i. e. to wish a person joy, to congratulate; or to rejoice (freq. and class.; cf. grator).—Constr., alicui, (alicui) de aliqua re or aliquid, quod, rarely in, pro aliqua re, aliqua re, alicui rei, an object-clause, or absol.: “unum illud nescio, gratulerne tibi, an timeam, etc.,” Cic. Fam. 2, 5, 2; cf. id. ib. 2, 9, 1: “gratulor tibi, mi Balbe, vereque gratulor,” id. ib. 6, 12, 1: “ipse mihi gratulatus sum,” id. ib. 3, 11, 2: “sibi,” Vell. 2, 104, 3; Plin. Ep. 5, 15, 6: “quod mihi de filia et de Crassipede gratularis, agnosco humanitatem tuam,” Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 11; cf.: “quod mihi de nostro statu, etc., gratularis: minime miramur, etc.,” id. ib. 1, 7, 7; “1, 7, 11: ego vero vehementer gratulor de judicio ambitus,” id. ib. 3, 12, 1: “legatio de victoria gratulatum venit,” Liv. 45, 13, 12: “Caesare interfecto M. Brutus Ciceronem nominatim exclamavit atque ei recuperatam libertatem est gratulatus,” congratulated him on the restoration of liberty, Cic. Phil. 2, 12, 28; cf.: “ei voce maxima victoriam gratulatur,” Cic. Verr. 1, 7, 19: “mihi gratulatus es illius diei celebritatem,” id. Att. 5, 20, 1 (but cf. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 507): “Sejanum oppressum,” Suet. Claud. 6: “Athenienses victoriam gratulabantur,” Curt. 4, 8, 12: “civitates quae gratulatae illi sibique victoriam fuerant,” Just. 8, 3 init.: “gratulor tibi pro amicitia nostra,” Sall. J. 9, 2: “tibi pro opportunitate temporis gratulor, quod, etc.,” Cic. Fam. 15, 14, 3; cf.: “tamen, quod abes, gratulor,” id. ib. 2, 5, 1; 4, 14, 1; 13, 73, 1; id. Sest. 8, 20; Curt. 6, 7, 15; 8, 12, 17; Tac. H. 4, 64; Suet. Tib. 9: “tibi etiam in hoc gratulor,” Cic. Planc. 37, 91; cf.: “qua in re tibi gratulor ita vehementer,” id. Fam. 6, 11, 1: “temporibus nostris gratulare pro ingenio tali,” Plin. Ep. 4, 27, 5: gratulor tibi affinitate viri mediusfidius optimi, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 13, 1: “vires ejus sibi accessisse gratulabatur,” Just. 13, 5, 15; Val. Max. 3, 1, 2: “tota mihi mente tibique Gratulor, ingenium non latuisse tuum,” Ov. Tr. 1, 9, 54; cf.: “ego me nunc denique natum Gratulor,” congratulate myself, id. A. A. 3, 122: “ipse mihi gratulatus sum,” Cic. Fam. 3, 11, 2: “gratulor victoriae suae,” id. ib. 4, 8, 1: “felicitati tuae,” id. ib. 9, 14, 7: “itaque inter se impii cives, quasi vicissent, gratulabantur,” id. Phil. 12, 7, 18: “neque enim regio fuit ulla, ex qua non publice ad me venerint gratulatum,” id. Pis. 22, 51: “laeto vultu gratulantes,” id. Att. 8, 9, 2: “gratulatum satis suo nomine,” Liv. 45, 14, 4: “cum gratulamur (in dicendo),” Quint. 3, 4, 3: “Gratulantes ex sententia,” id. 8, 5, 1: “gratulanti inter poenam,” congratulating himself, Suet. Tib. 60: “elemento gratulor,” Juv. 15, 86.—
II. To give thanks, render thanks, to thank, esp. a deity, =grates, gratias agere (mostly ante-class.): Juppiter, tibi, summe, tandem male re gesta gratulor, Enn. ap. Non. 116, 30 (Trag. v. 242 Vahl.); cf.: eamus Jovi maximo gratulatum, Scip. Afric. ap. Gell. 4, 18, 3: gratulor divis, Afran. ap. Prisc. p. 804, and ap. Non. 116, 33: “deos gratulando obtundere,” Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 6: dis immortalibus, M. Cato ap. Cic. Fam. 15, 5, 2: “quapropter illi dolori gratulor,” Quint. 6 praef. § 8 Spald.
