Gravitas (Gravitas)
Gravitas is steady seriousness. A person with gravitas does not rush, boast, or treat a hard choice as a joke. The idea is calm weight, not gloom.
Grades 7–8. Roman values.
How it connects
Roman stories praise leaders who stay quiet and steady when a crowd is loud.
A line to remember
Vir gravis pauca dicit.
A serious man says little.
Original classroom sentence
Latin words that go with this card: vir, pater.