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gratis

gratis is a Latin form of gratia, meaning “favor, thanks; (abl.) for the sake of”.

It can also be a form of gratus, “pleasing, welcome; grateful”. It is the adverb.

Found 90 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, In C. Verrem 2.1.118: … edixisse quot verbis edici Romae solet. quae Romae magna cum infamia pretio accepto edixeras, ea sola te, ne gratis in provincia male audires, ex edicto Siciliensi sustulisse video.

Martial, Epigrammata 12.55.1: Gratis qui dare vos iubet, puellae,

All forms of gratia (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.