grāvastellus
grāvastellus, i, m. dim. † gravaster, from † gravus, kindr. to γραῦς and the Ger. grau; Engl. gray; the ground-form of ravus, a gray-headed fellow: quis est haec muliercula et illic gravastellus qui venit? Plaut. Ep. 5, 1, 14; cf.: gravastellus senior, Paul. ex Fest. p. 96 Müll. (where it is erroneously derived from gravis; moreover, he reads s. v. Ravi coloris, p. 272, in Plautus, ravistellus).
No short def.
Headword (normalized):
grāvastellus
Headword (normalized/stripped):
gravastellus
Intro Text:
grāvastellus, i, m. dim. † gravaster, from † gravus, kindr. to γραῦς and the Ger. grau; Engl. gray; the ground-form of ravus, a gray-headed fellow: quis est haec muliercula et illic gravastellus qui venit? Plaut. Ep. 5, 1, 14; cf.: gravastellus senior, Paul. ex Fest. p. 96 Müll. (where it is erroneously derived from gravis; moreover, he reads s. v. Ravi coloris, p. 272, in Plautus, ravistellus).
URN:
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