abavus
Latin
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Etymology
[edit]From ab + avus (“grandfather”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈa.ba.u̯us/, [ˈäbäu̯ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈa.ba.vus/, [ˈäːbävus]
Noun
[edit]abavus m (genitive abavī); second declension
- a great-great-grandfather
- c. 2nd century, Sextus Pompeius Festus, De verborum significatione :
- Abavus dicitur, quia abest ab avo, & est avus avi
- Great-great-grandfather he's called, for he's distant from the grandfather & is the grandfather of the grandfather.
- Abavus dicitur, quia abest ab avo, & est avus avi
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
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| nominative | abavus | abavī |
| genitive | abavī | abavōrum |
| dative | abavō | abavīs |
| accusative | abavum | abavōs |
| ablative | abavō | abavīs |
| vocative | abave | abavī |
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “abavus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “abavus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- abavus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Professor Kidd, et al. Collins Gem Latin Dictionary. HarperCollins Publishers (Glasgow: 2004). →ISBN. page 1.