important Copy link Outline I. Of things; weighty, serious1. grăvis (grave, weighty)2. magnus (most gen. expr. great in any way)3. antīquus (only in comp. and superl.4. prior, prīmus (more, most i.)5. expr. by mōmentum, with adj. of quantityII. Of persons or bodies of men; possessed of weight and influence1. amplus (considerable in respect of extent, influence)2. grăvis • important: I. Of things; weighty, serious: 1. grăvis (grave, weighty): i. and serious matters, res gr. seriaeque, Cic. Off. 1, 29, 103: v. weighty. 2. magnus (most gen. expr. great in any way): on i. business, magnis de rebus, Hor. S. 1, 5, 28: Cic.: Liv.: with some verbs, as esse, facere, the gen. magni may be used (L. G. § 281): to be very i., magni (maximi) esse, Ant. in Cic. Att. 10, 8: to deem very i., magni facere, existimare, Cic. Simly, so, how i., may be expr. by tantus, quantus (tanti, quanti), cf. Cic. Dom. l. c. 3. antīquus (only in comp. and superl.: of that which takes the precedence of other things): nor did I deem anything more i. than ..., nec quicquam habui antiquius quam ut, etc., Cic. Fam. 11, 5: deeming it of the very highest i., longe antiquissimum ratus, Liv. 1, 32, ad init. Join: neque prius, neque antiquius, Vell. 2, 52, 4. 4. prior, prīmus (more, most i.): the things which men deem most i., quae mortales prima ducunt, Sall. Cat. 37: what was the most i. thing in oratory, quid in dicendo esset primum, Cic. de Or. 3, 56, 213: v. supr. (3). 5. expr. by mōmentum, with adj. of quantity: very i., magni (maximi) momenti, Cic.: v. importance (I., 1). II. Of persons or bodies of men; possessed of weight and influence: 1. amplus (considerable in respect of extent, influence): an i. and flourishing state, civitas a. atque florens, Caes. B. G. 4, 3: v. distinguished. 2. grăvis: an i. and wealthy city, g. atque opulenta civitas, Liv. 34, 17, extr.: v. influential.