atavus

Latin

Etymology

From at + avus (grandfather).

Pronunciation

Noun

atavus m (genitive atavī); second declension

  1. ancestor
  2. great-great-great-grandfather

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative atavus atavī
Genitive atavī atavōrum
Dative atavō atavīs
Accusative atavum atavōs
Ablative atavō atavīs
Vocative atave atavī

References

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