proavia

Latin

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atavia

atavus

abavia

abavus

proavia

proavus

avia

/ ava māterna

avus māternus

avia

/ ava paterna

avus paternus

cōnsobrīna

/ mātruēlis

cōnsobrīnus

/ mātruēlis

patruēlis

patruēlis

mātertera

avunculus

amita

patruus

/ barbās

māter

pater

sobrīna

/neptis

/neptia

sobrīnus

/ nepōs

frātruēlis

/neptis

/neptia

nepōs

/frātruus

/frātruēlis

sorōrius

/marītus sorōris

soror

frāter

frātria

/ uxor frātris

socrus

socer

/patraster

socrus

socer

/patraster

soror uxōris

frāter uxōris

glōs

lēvir

uxor

/marīta

/coniunx

/nūpta

marītus

/coniunx

gener

/ fīliaster

fīlia

/ nāta

fīlius

/ nātus

nurus

/ fīliastra

prōgener

neptis

/neptia

nepōs

prōnurus

proneptis

pronepōs

abneptis

abnepōs

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Etymology

From pro +‎ avia.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /proˈa.u̯i.a/, [proˈäu̯iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /proˈa.vi.a/, [proˈäːviä]

Noun

proavia f (genitive proaviae); first declension

1. great-grandmother

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	proavia	proaviae
genitive	proaviae	proaviārum
dative	proaviae	proaviīs
accusative	proaviam	proaviās
ablative	proaviā	proaviīs
vocative	proavia	proaviae

Coordinate terms

• proavus

References

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