abavus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →abavus, abavi:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
ancestor, forefather; great-great grandfather, grandfather's grandfather;
nom. sg.
Examples
de Clementia
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...insidiis ab ullo petitus est. X. 1. Ignovit abavus tuus victis; nam si non ignovisset, quibus imperasset? Sallustium..."Liber XIV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...magnis exemplis, ne[c] meae fortunae, sed tuae. abavus tuus Augustus Marco Agrippae Mytilenese secretum, C. Maecenati urbe..."