atavis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →atavus, atavi:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
great-great-great grandfather; (father of abavus/abavia); ancestor, forefather;
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl.
Examples
Liber XII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...Quod Flacco Varioque fuit summoque Maroni Maecenas, atavis regibus ortus eques, Gentibus et populis, hoc te mihi, Prisce..."- P
Aeneid VII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...hunc decus egregium formae movet atque iuventae, hunc atavi reges, hunc claris dextera factis. Dum Turnus Rutulos animis..."
