German

Noun

Grates

1. genitive singular of Grat

English

Noun

grates

1. plural of grate

Verb

grates

1. third-person singular simple present indicative form of grate

Anagrams

• gaster, greats, ragest, stager, targes

Catalan

Verb

grates

1. second-person singular present indicative form of gratar

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH- ‎(“to welcome, greet, praise”). Cognates include Sanskrit गृणाति ‎(gṛṇā́ti, “to praise”), Old Church Slavonic жрьти ‎(žrĭti) and Old Prussian girtwei ‎(“to praise”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡraː.teːs/

Noun

grātēs f ‎(genitive grātium); third declension

1. thanks rendered, thanksgiving

Usage notes

This noun originally appeared only in the nominative and accusative plural (The genitive, dative, and vocative plural are unattested and ablative plural only rarely) and was used with agō when rendering thanks to the gods. grātiās agō was generally used for thanks between humans.

Declension

Third declension i-stem.

Related terms

References

• grates in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• grates in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• GRATES in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “grates”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to give thanks to heaven: grates agere (dis immortalibus)
    
  • to thank, glorify the immortal gods: grates, laudes agere dis immortalibus