Noun: abavus
Hyphenation:
Gender: Masculine
Declension: Second
Nominative
| Singular | abavus |
| Plural | abavī |
Genitive
| Singular | abavī |
| Plural | abavōrum; abavum |
Dative
| Singular | abavō |
| Plural | abavīs |
Accusative
| Singular | abavum |
| Plural | abavōs |
Ablative
| Singular | abavō |
| Plural | abavīs |
Vocative
| Singular | abave |
| Plural | abavī |
Sample Sentences
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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.) [c. 2nd century, Sextus Pompeius Festus, De verborum significatione]
Nouns inflected like abavus
digitus,
agnus,
nūmus,
tritavus,
servulus,
abavus,
atavus,
nummus,
proavus,
avus,
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep
3. Proto-Indo-European *-o
4. Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó
5. Proto-Italic *ap
6. Latin abder.
7. Latin ab-
8. Latin avus
9. Latin abavus
10. From ab- + avus (“grandfather”).
Verbs referencing "abavus"
Italian Nouns
abavo.
Translations