gradarius

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

grădārĭus, a, um, adj. [gradus], of or belonging to steps, going or proceeding step by step (very rare; not in Cic.).

I Lit.: equus gradarius, a pacer , ambler , Lucil. ap. Non. 17, 25: pugna, Diom. p. 473 P.—

II Trop., of a deliberate speaker: Cicero quoque noster gradarius fuit, Sen. Ep. 40, 11.