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proavus

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Latin

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Etymology

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    From pro- + avus.

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    proavus m (genitive proavī); second declension

    1. great-grandfather
    2. forefather, ancestor

    Declension

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    Second-declension noun (alternative genitive plural in -um).

    singular plural
    nominative proavus proavī
    genitive proavī proavōrum
    proavum
    dative proavō proavīs
    accusative proavum proavōs
    ablative proavō proavīs
    vocative proave proavī

    Coordinate terms

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    References

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    • proavus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • proavus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • "proavus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
    • proavus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.