Gratius

From grātus (“grateful”) +‎ -ius.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡraː.ti.us/, [ˈɡräːt̪iʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡrat.t͡si.us/, [ˈɡrät̪ː͡s̪ius]

Grātius m sg (genitive Grātiī or Grātī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Gratius Faliscus, a Roman poet

Second-declension noun, singular only.

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

• “Gratius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• Gratius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.