abavia

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Latin

Etymology

From ab + avia (grandmother).

Pronunciation 1

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.

Pronunciation 2

Noun

abaviā f

  1. ablative singular of abavia

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.