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atavus

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Etymology

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    From at- +‎ avus (grandfather).

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    atavus m (genitive atavī); second declension

    1. ancestor
    2. great-great-great-grandfather

    Declension

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

    singular plural
    nominative atavus atavī
    genitive atavī atavōrum
    atavum
    dative atavō atavīs
    accusative atavum atavōs
    ablative atavō atavīs
    vocative atave atavī

    Coordinate terms

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    References

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    • 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, 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.