proavus

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Latin

Etymology

From pro- +‎ avus.

Pronunciation

Noun

proavus m (genitive proavī); second declension

  1. great-grandfather
  2. forefather, ancestor

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative proavus proavī
genitive proavī proavōrum
dative proavō proavīs
accusative proavum proavōs
ablative proavō proavīs
vocative proave proavī

References

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