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..."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..."
