Gradivus
Gradivus, a surname of Mars
Frieze-Dennison Vergil
Could not find Gradiui in Logeion dictionaries.
Gradiui Proper-name noun masculine nominative plural, Proper-name noun masculine genitive singular, Proper-name noun masculine vocative plural of Gradivus
- a surname of Mars: (Numa) Salios item duodecim Marti Gradivo legit, Liv. 1, 20, 4: rex Gradive, Verg. A. 10, 542: Nymphas venerabar agrestes Gradivumque patrem, id. ib. 3, 35: Homericus, Juv. 13, 113: jure venis, Gradive, Ov. F. 2, 861; Juv. 2, 128; so absol.: Gradivus, Ov. F. 3, 677; 5, 556; Ov. M. 14, 820; 15, 863.
i. e. the striding or marching, a surname of Mars, who is hence called gradivus pater and rex gradivus. Mars Gradivus had a temple outside the porta Capena on the Appian road, and it is said that king Numa appointed twelve Salii as priests of this god. The surname is probably derived from gradior, to march, or march out, and we know that the soldiers, when they marched out, sometimes halted near his temple. (Liv. 1.20, 7.23; Serv. ad Aen. 3.35; Ov. Fast. 6.191, &c.; Fest. s. v. Gradivus.) [L.S]
- a surname of Mars, L., V., O., Iu.
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…superis addebant mentibus iras. iamque ictu ualido libratam a pectore Poeni Pallas in oblicum dextra detorserat hastam, et Gradiuus, opem diuae portare ferocis exemplo doctus, porgebat protinus ensem Aetnaeum in pugnas iuueni ac maiora iubebat. tum…
NA, Silius Italicus, Corpus Poetarum Latinorum. Vol. 3, ed. W. C. Summers, 1905
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…saxo perfracta gemit lacrimabilis ossa, ast hos, turpe, pauor fusos proiecit in ora, horum aduersa dedit Gradiuo pectora uirtus. ipse super strages ductor Rhoeteius instat, qualis apud gelidum currus quatit altior Hebrum et Geticas soluit…
NA, Silius Italicus, Corpus Poetarum Latinorum. Vol. 3, ed. W. C. Summers, 1905
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…regem agmina. respirant ambo paulumque reponunt bracchia, ceu Lapithas aut Paeonas aequore in ipso cum refovet fixaque silet Gradivus in hasta. vix steterant, et iam ecce ruunt inflictaque late terga sonant ; nova vis iterum, nova…
C. Valerius Flaccus , Argonautica
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…urbes numina, captivis etiam iurabere Thebis. dux ea pro cunctis, eadem sibi quisque vovebat. Iam pronis Gradivus equis Ephyraea premebat litora, qua summas caput Acrocorinthos in auras tollit et alterna geminum mare protegit umbra, inde…
Statius, P. Papinius, Thebais
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…, constructus aceruo ingenti mons armorum surgebat ad astra. ipse, manu celsam pinum flammaque comantem attollens, ductor Gradiuum in uota ciebat Primitias pugnae et laeti libamina belli Hannibal Ausonio cremat haec de nomine uictor, et tibi ,…
NA, Silius Italicus, Corpus Poetarum Latinorum. Vol. 3, ed. W. C. Summers, 1905
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…aether. Hi cessant ignes tu, qui flagrante minacem Scorpion incendis cauda, chelasque peruris, Quid tantum, Gradive, paras Nam mitis in alto Iuppiter occasu premitur, Venerisque salubre Sidus hebet, motuque celer Cyllenius haeret ,…
Lucan, Pharsalia
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…ut Latonia uirgo accensas quatiat Phlegethontis gurgite taedas exertos auide pugnae nudata lacertos parte alia, cerne, ut saeuis Gradiuus in armis implerit dictum proprio de nomine campum. hinc Ianus mouet arma manu, mouet inde Quirinus, quisque…
NA, Silius Italicus, Corpus Poetarum Latinorum. Vol. 3, ed. W. C. Summers, 1905
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…senior quem fecerat igni litore ab Hesperidum Temisus, qui carmine pollens fidebat magica ferrum crudescere lingua quantus Bistoniis late Gradiuus in oris belligero rapitur curru telumque coruscans, Titanum quo pulsa cohors, flagrantia bella cornipedum adflatu domat et stridoribus…
NA, Silius Italicus, Corpus Poetarum Latinorum. Vol. 3, ed. W. C. Summers, 1905
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…lacusque sonori detumuere, tacent exusti solibus amnes. Gaudet ovans iussis et adhuc temone calenti fervidus in laevum torsit Gradivus habenas. iamque iter extremum caelique abrupta tenebat, cum Venus ante ipsos nulla formidine gressum figit equos ; cessere…
Statius, P. Papinius, Thebais
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…spernere divae, praecipueque sui, siquando, in tempore pulcher coniugii Minyas numquam magis eminet inter qualis sanguineo victor Gradivus ab Hebro Idalium furto subit aut dilecta Cythera, seu cum caelestes Alcidae invisere mensas iam vacat et fessum Iunonia…
C. Valerius Flaccus , Argonautica
An epithet of Mars (q.v.) and usually derived from gradior, as though “the strider.” Prof. Minton Warren suggests an alternative derivation from grand-is, grand-ire, with reference to growth (American Journal of Philology, iv. 71).