avus

See also: ávus and Avus

Latin

Alternative forms
  • avos (pre-classical)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwh₂os.

Pronunciation

Noun

avus m (genitive avī); second declension

  1. grandfather
  2. an ancestor
  3. an old man

Declension

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative avus avī
Genitive avī avōrum
Dative avō avīs
Accusative avum avōs
Ablative avō avīs
Vocative ave avī

Derived terms

Descendants

References
  • avus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • avus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • avus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • avus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • avus in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
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