avus
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Estonian
Noun
avus
Latin
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Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwh₂os (“grandfather, uncle”).
Pronunciation
Noun
avus m (genitive avī); second declension
- grandfather
- ancestor, progenitor, forefather, forebear
- Synonyms: patriarcha, prōgenitor
- old man
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | avus | avī |
| Genitive | avī | avōrum |
| Dative | avō | avīs |
| Accusative | avum | avōs |
| Ablative | avō | avīs |
| Vocative | ave | avī |
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References
- “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’s 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