abavus

Latin

Etymology

From ab + avus (“grandfather”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈa.ba.wus/, [ˈa.ba.wʊs]

Noun

abavus m (genitive abavī); second declension

  1. a great-great-grandfather

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative abavus abavī
Genitive abavī abavōrum
Dative abavō abavīs
Accusative abavum abavōs
Ablative abavō abavīs
Vocative abave abavī

References
  • 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.

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