avus
Estonian
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[edit]avus
Latin
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avus māternus
avus paternus
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwh₂os (“grandfather, uncle”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈa.wʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈaː.vus]
Noun
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avus m (genitive avī); second declension
- grandfather
- 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 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.)
- [... Mercury, that] child of [Mount] Cyllene, approaching from [the mountain of] his maternal grandfather, [Atlas].
- [...] māternō veniēns ab avō Cyllēnia prōlēs.
- ancestor; progenitor; forefather; forebear
- Synonyms: patriarcha, prōgenitor
- old man
Declension
[edit]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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[edit]References
[edit]- “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, 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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