aggravo
See also: aggravò
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aggravo
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Etymology edit
From ad- + gravō (“weigh down; oppress”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈaɡ.ɡra.u̯oː/, [ˈäɡːräu̯oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈaɡ.ɡra.vo/, [ˈäɡːrävo]
Verb edit
aggravō (present infinitive aggravāre, perfect active aggravāvī, supine aggravātum); first conjugation
- to add to or increase the weight of, make heavier, weigh down
- (figuratively) to make worse or more dangerous, aggravate
- (figuratively) to oppress, burden, annoy
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- English: aggravate, aggrieve
- French: aggraver
- Italian: aggravare
- Portuguese: agravar
- Spanish: agravar
References edit
- “aggravo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “aggravo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- aggravo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.