Avitus

== Latin == === Etymology === From avītus (“grandfather”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aˈwiː.tʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [aˈviː.tus] === Proper noun === Avītus m sg (genitive Avītī); second declension A Roman cognomen — famously held by: Gallonius Avitus, a Roman legate of Thrace ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. === References === “Avitus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.