abavia

Latin

Etymology

From ab + avia (“grandmother”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aˈba.u̯i.a/, [äˈbäu̯iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈba.vi.a/, [äˈbäːviä]

Noun

abavia f (genitive abaviae); first declension

1. (Late Latin) mother of a great-grandfather or of a great-grandmother; a great-great-grandmother

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	abavia	abaviae
Genitive	abaviae	abaviārum
Dative	abaviae	abaviīs
Accusative	abaviam	abaviās
Ablative	abaviā	abaviīs
Vocative	abavia	abaviae

Related terms

• abavus

References

• “abavia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• abavia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.