avius

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Esperanto

Verb

avius

  1. conditional of avii

Latin

Etymology 1

From ab- +‎ via +‎ -us.

Pronunciation

Adjective

āvius (feminine āvia, neuter āvium); first/second-declension adjective

  1. remote, out of the way
  2. astray, distracting
Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative āvius āvia āvium āviī āviae āvia
Genitive āviī āviae āviī āviōrum āviārum āviōrum
Dative āviō āviō āviīs
Accusative āvium āviam āvium āviōs āviās āvia
Ablative āviō āviā āviō āviīs
Vocative āvie āvia āvium āviī āviae āvia
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Portuguese: ávio

Etymology 2

Masculinized from avia (“grandmother”). Attested in a number of Imperial inscriptions, then elsewhere beginning in 780 CE.

Noun

avius m (genitive aviī or avī); second declension (Late Latin)

  1. grandfather
Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative avius aviī
Genitive aviī
avī1 		aviōrum
Dative aviō aviīs
Accusative avium aviōs
Ablative aviō aviīs
Vocative avie aviī

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants
  • Insular Romance:
  • Gallo-Romance:
    • Catalan: avi
    • Occitan: avi (Ariège)
  • Ibero-Romance:

References

  1. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “avius”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 25: Refonte Apaideutos–Azymus, page 1222

Further reading

  • “avius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “avius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • avius 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)
  • avius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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