ătăvus (archaic
ătăvus (archaic, -ŏs), i, m. at avus, the father of a great-great-grandfather (abavus) or great-great-grandmother, opp. to adnepos. Lit., cf. Dig. 38, 10, 1; 38, 10, 10; Isid. Orig. 9, 5, 9 and 10; 9, 6, 23 and 25; Plaut. Pers. 1, 2, 5; Cic. Cael. 14.— In gen., sometimes, like avus, abavus, etc., for ancestor, forefather: Turnus avis atavisque potens, Verg. A. 7, 56: Evocat antiquis proavos atavosque sepulchris, Ov. Am. 1, 8, 17: Maecenas, atavis edite regibus, Hor. C. 1, 1, 1.
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ătăvus (archaic
Headword (normalized):
ătăvus (archaic
Headword (normalized/stripped):
atavus (archaic
Intro Text:
ătăvus (archaic, -ŏs), i, m. at avus, the father of a great-great-grandfather (abavus) or great-great-grandmother, opp. to adnepos. Lit., cf. Dig. 38, 10, 1; 38, 10, 10; Isid. Orig. 9, 5, 9 and 10; 9, 6, 23 and 25; Plaut. Pers. 1, 2, 5; Cic. Cael. 14.— In gen., sometimes, like avus, abavus, etc., for ancestor, forefather: Turnus avis atavisque potens, Verg. A. 7, 56: Evocat antiquis proavos atavosque sepulchris, Ov. Am. 1, 8, 17: Maecenas, atavis edite regibus, Hor. C. 1, 1, 1.
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