ăvĭa
ăvĭa, or in late Lat., ăva, ae, f. avus, a grandmother on the father's or the mother's side: Matres duas habet et avias duas, Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 34: anus avia, Curt. 3, 11, 25; Vulg. 2 Tim. 1, 5: avia tam paterna quam materna, Dig. 38, 10, 10: Inter avam et neptem tu mediata agas, Ven. Fort. 8, Carm. 18, 8.—Meton., a prejudice, as it were, inherited from a grandmother: dum veteres avias tibi de pulmone revello, old wives' fables, Pers. 5, 92, ubi v. Gildersleeve.
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Headword (normalized):
ăvĭa
Headword (normalized/stripped):
avia
Intro Text:
ăvĭa, or in late Lat., ăva, ae, f. avus, a grandmother on the father's or the mother's side: Matres duas habet et avias duas, Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 34: anus avia, Curt. 3, 11, 25; Vulg. 2 Tim. 1, 5: avia tam paterna quam materna, Dig. 38, 10, 10: Inter avam et neptem tu mediata agas, Ven. Fort. 8, Carm. 18, 8.—Meton., a prejudice, as it were, inherited from a grandmother: dum veteres avias tibi de pulmone revello, old wives' fables, Pers. 5, 92, ubi v. Gildersleeve.
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