atavus
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From at + avus (“grandfather”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈa.ta.u̯us/, [ˈät̪äu̯ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈa.ta.vus/, [ˈäːt̪ävus]
Noun
[edit]atavus m (genitive atavī); second declension
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | atavus | atavī |
| Genitive | atavī | atavōrum |
| Dative | atavō | atavīs |
| Accusative | atavum | atavōs |
| Ablative | atavō | atavīs |
| Vocative | atave | atavī |
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “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.