gratuitus

== Latin == === Etymology === From *grātu- (“grace(?)”) +‎ -ītus (adjective-forming suffix), from the root of grātia (“favor”) and grātus (“showing favor”) (reconstructed as Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH-) + the action noun suffix *-tus. The u-stem action noun is attested in Celtic languages; see Proto-Celtic *brātus. Compare the formation of fortuītus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɡraː.tuˈiː.tʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ɡra.tuˈiː.tus] === Adjective === grātuītus (feminine grātuīta, neuter grātuītum, adverb grātuītō); first/second-declension adjective freely given, free, gratuitous vain, fruitless, futile Synonyms: ingratus, infelix, irritus Antonyms: opportūnus, commodus, habilis, idōneus, conveniēns, ūtilis, ūtēnsilis, aptus, habilis, salūber, ūtibilis ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== grātuītās grātuītō ==== Related terms ==== grātia grātus ==== Descendants ==== === References === === Further reading === “gratuitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press gratuitus in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2026), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication “gratuitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “gratuitus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.