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avus

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See also: ávus and Avus

Estonian

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Noun

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avus

  1. inessive plural of ava

Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwh₂os (“grandfather, uncle”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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avus m (genitive avī); second declension

  1. grandfather
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.258:
      [...] māternō veniēns ab avō Cyllēnia prōlēs.
      [... Mercury, that] child of [Mount] Cyllene, approaching from [the mountain of] his maternal grandfather, [Atlas].
      (Mount Atlas is personified as the Titan Atlas, father of Maia, the mother of Mercury, who was born on Mount Cyllene.)
  2. ancestor, progenitor, forefather, forebear
    Synonyms: patriarcha, prōgenitor
  3. old man
    Synonyms: seneciō, senex, veglō

Declension

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Second-declension noun (alternative genitive plural in -um).

singular plural
nominative avus avī
genitive avī avōrum
avum
dative avō avīs
accusative avum avōs
ablative avō avīs
vocative ave avī

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • ⇒ Aromanian: aush
  • Catalan: avi
  • Spanish: abuelo
  • French: aïeul
  • Lombard: av, ev
  • Italian: avo
  • ⇒ Portuguese: avô
  • ⇒ Romanian: auș
  • Sardinian: abu, àviu, avu
  • Sicilian: avu

References

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  • “avus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “avus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "avus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • “avus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “avus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
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