gratus

In its etymology the word "gratitude" came from the Latin word "gratus" meaning "grace" and grace is the presence of God manifested in people through virtues.

unknown title 2008

Simoniacus enim (quod cum Leone dicam) gratiam non accepit, si non accipit, non habet, et si non habet, nec gratus potest esse; tantum enim absunt istorum nonnulli, qui ad clavum sedent

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

Fulvia, muliere nobili, stupri [129] vetus consuetudo; cui quum minus gratus esset, quia inopia minus largiri poterat, repente glorians maria montesque polliceri coepit et minari interdum ferro, ni sibi obnoxia foret, postremo ferocius agitare [130] quam solitus erat.

C. Sallusti Crispi De Bello Catilinario Et Jugurthino 86 BC-34? BC Sallust

Naso suis opibus, carmine, gratus erit. parua quidem fateor pro magnis munera reddi, 35 cum pro concessa uerba salute damus; sed qui quam potuit dat maxima gratus abunde est, et finem pietas contigit illa suum,

The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid

= 'That act of piety has reached its objective', that is, has made the giver _gratus_.

The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid

= Compare i 21-22 'et leuis haec _meritis_ referatur gratia tantis;/si minus, inuito te quoque gratus ero'.

The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid

_ "Vertiginosus, inops, surdus, male gratus amicis," _ -- which I have whispered to myself, with prophetic lips, in the long, long watches of my lonesome nights.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 21, July, 1859 Various

= For the sentiment compare _EP_ III iv 81-82 'haec [_sc_ laudanda uoluntas] facit ut ueniat pauper quoque gratus ad aras,/et placeat caeso non minus agna boue'.

The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid

One day when they were doing _Donec gratus eram tibi_, he burst out with wrath:

The Loom of Youth Alec Waugh 1939

"Likewise a pipkin of ale and a bite and all gratus to a pal!"

Black Bartlemy's Treasure Jeffery Farnol 1915