avus

== Estonian == === Noun === avus inessive plural of ava == Latin == === Alternative forms === avos (pre-classical) aus (Late Latin, proscribed) === Etymology === From Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwh₂os (“grandfather, uncle”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈa.wʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈaː.vus] === Noun === avus m (genitive avī); second declension grandfather ancestor; progenitor; forefather; forebear Synonyms: patriarcha, prōgenitor old man Synonyms: seneciō, senex, veglō ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (alternative genitive plural in -um). ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== avia, ava ==== Descendants ==== === References === “avus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “avus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "avus", 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) “avus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “avus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly