proavia

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Latin

Etymology

From pro +‎ avia.

Pronunciation

Noun

proavia f (genitive proaviae); first declension

  1. great-grandmother

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative proavia proaviae
genitive proaviae proaviārum
dative proaviae proaviīs
accusative proaviam proaviās
ablative proaviā proaviīs
vocative proavia proaviae

Coordinate terms

References

  • proavia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • proavia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.