grandio

Latin

Etymology

From grandis +‎ -iō.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɡran.di.oː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɡran.di.o]

Verb

grandiō (present infinitive grandīre); fourth conjugation, no perfect or supine stems (pre-classical, rare)

(transitive) to increase, to make great, improve
- c. 186 BCE, Plautus, Aulularia 1.1.10:
  Si hercle hodie fustem cepero aut stimulum in manum,
  testudineum istum tibi ego grandibo gradum.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
(transitive, agriculture) to make something grow bigger
- c. 280 CE, Nonius Marcellus, De compendiosa doctrina I 161:
  GRANDIRE est grandefacere. Varro rerum divinarum lib. II:
  cum humus aut semina recipere non possit aut recepta non reddat
  aut edita grandire nequeat
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- c. 280 CE, Nonius Marcellus, De compendiosa doctrina I 162:
  Pacuvius Doloreste:
  nec grandiri frugum fetum posse nec mitiscere.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
(intransitive) to grow bigger, to wax
- 234 BCE – 149 BCE, Cato the Elder, De Agri Cultura 141.2:
  uti tu fruges frumenta vineta virgultaque
  grandire dueneque evenire siris,
  pastores pecuaque salva servassis
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

Conjugation of grandiō (fourth conjugation, no perfect or supine stems)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	grandiō	grandīs		grandit	grandīmus	grandītis		grandiunt
	imperfect	grandiēbam	grandiēbās		grandiēbat	grandiēbāmus	grandiēbātis		grandiēbant
	future	grandiam	grandiēs		grandiet	grandiēmus	grandiētis		grandient
passive	present	grandior	grandīris, grandīre		grandītur	grandīmur	grandīminī		grandiuntur
	imperfect	grandiēbar	grandiēbāris, grandiēbāre		grandiēbātur	grandiēbāmur	grandiēbāminī		grandiēbantur
	future	grandiar	grandiēris, grandiēre		grandiētur	grandiēmur	grandiēminī		grandientur
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	grandiam	grandiās		grandiat	grandiāmus	grandiātis		grandiant
active	imperfect	grandīrem	grandīrēs		grandīret	grandīrēmus	grandīrētis		grandīrent
passive	present	grandiar	grandiāris, grandiāre		grandiātur	grandiāmur	grandiāminī		grandiantur
passive	imperfect	grandīrer	grandīrēris, grandīrēre		grandīrētur	grandīrēmur	grandīrēminī		grandīrentur
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	grandī		—	—	grandīte		—
active	future	—	grandītō		grandītō	—	grandītōte		grandiuntō
passive	present	—	grandīre		—	—	grandīminī		—
passive	future	—	grandītor		grandītor	—	—		grandiuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		grandīre		grandīrī		grandiēns		—
future		—		—		—		grandiendus, grandiundus
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		grandiendī	grandiendō		grandiendum	grandiendō	—		—

References

“grandio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“grandio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
grandio in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung