atavus
Latin
Etymology
From at + avus (“grandfather”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈa.ta.u̯us/, [ˈät̪äu̯ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈa.ta.vus/, [ˈäːt̪ävus]
Noun
atavus m (genitive atavī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | atavus | atavī |
| genitive | atavī | atavōrum |
| dative | atavō | atavīs |
| accusative | atavum | atavōs |
| ablative | atavō | atavīs |
| vocative | atave | atavī |
Related terms
References
- “atavus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “atavus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- atavus 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)
- atavus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.