abavunculus

Latin

Etymology

From ab + avunculus (“maternal uncle”); from avus (“grandfather; ancestor”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /a.baˈu̯un.ku.lus/, [äbäˈu̯ʊŋkʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.baˈvun.ku.lus/, [äbäˈvuŋkulus]

Noun

abavunculus m (genitive abavunculī); second declension

1. (Late Latin) great-great-granduncle

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	abavunculus	abavunculī
genitive	abavunculī	abavunculōrum
dative	abavunculō	abavunculīs
accusative	abavunculum	abavunculōs
ablative	abavunculō	abavunculīs
vocative	abavuncule	abavunculī

References

• “abavunculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• abavunculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.