gratia (in the plur., when it expresses great number or variety of thanks): grates (solemn, religious thanksgiving; ☞ not used in any other sense in good classic prose). To deserve or merit thanks, gratiam mereri: gratiam inire apud aliquem or ab aliquo: gratum facere alicui: to owe thanks to anyone, gratiam alicui debere: to give or return thanks to anyone, gratias agere or persolvere alicui (χάριν ὁμολογεῖν or χάριτας λέγειν, by word of mouth or writing, followed by quod or qui, ☞ not by pro re): gratiam alicui referre, reddere; for anything, pro re (χάριν ἀποδιδόναι, to show one’s self thankful by act and deed: ☞ rarely gratias referre; in Cic., Phil., 3, 15, 39, it is found among other plurals). Not to return thanks due, gratiam negligere: to reap thanks, gratiam capere: deserving of thanks, gratus (opposed to ingratus; ☞ Ruhnken, Ter., Eun., 3, 1, 6): qui bene meruit (of persons). You will get no thanks for it, tibi ingratum erit: to require or demand thanks, gratiam exigere ab aliquo: to receive with thanks, in gratiam accipere. grate accipere or excipere: thanks be to God! est Deo gratia! THANKSGIVING, grates, plur.; gratiarum actio (a returning of thanks): grati animi significatio (as expressed): *preces grati in Deum animi (of Christian thanksgiving). A public thanksgiving, supplicatio: gratulatio (with festivity; ☞ not festum or dies festus gratiarum actionis): to order a public thanksgiving, gratulationem decernere: superis decernere grates (Ov.): to celebrate a public thanksgiving, gratulationem facere (e.g., reipublicae bene gestae).