grevis

== Latin == === Etymology === Blend of gravis (“heavy”) +‎ levis (“light”). Attested in a glossary written in the eighth century CE. === Adjective === grevis (neuter greve); third-declension two-termination adjective (Early Medieval Latin) heavy difficult ==== Descendants ==== === References === AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 407: “è pesante” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “gravis”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 4: G H I, page 265