avus – Latin noun declension

Noun: avus
Hyphenation:

Gender: Masculine Declension: Second

Nominative

Singular	avus
Plural	avī

Genitive

Singular	avī
Plural	avōrum; avum

Dative

Singular	avō
Plural	avīs

Accusative

Singular	avum
Plural	avōs

Ablative

Singular	avō
Plural	avīs

Vocative

Singular	ave
Plural	avī

Sample Sentences

[...] māternō veniēns ab avō Cyllēnia prōlēs. ([... Mercury, that] child of [Mount] Cyllene, approaching from [the mountain of] his maternal grandfather, [Atlas].

(Mount Atlas is personified as the Titan Atlas, father of Maia, the mother of Mercury, who was born on Mount Cyllene.)) [29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.258]

Nouns inflected like avus

digitus, agnus, nūmus, tritavus, servulus, abavus, atavus, nummus, proavus, avus,

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwh₂os (“grandfather, uncle”).

Verbs referencing "avus"

Spanish Nouns abuelo, Slovak Nouns ujo, Italian Nouns avo, Old English Nouns eam, Galician Nouns avó, Portuguese Nouns avô, Russian Nouns уй, French Nouns aïeul, Romanian Nouns auș, Asturian Nouns güelu, English Nouns nimravid, English Nouns ayel, Middle English Nouns ayel, Old Portuguese Nouns avoo.