proavorum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →proavus, proavi:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
great-grandfather; remote ancestor;
gen. pl.
Examples
- T
Liber IV
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...inter dum similes existere avorum possint et referant proavorum saepe figuras, propterea quia multa modis primordia multis mixta..." - D
Satura III
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...vomer deficiat, ne marra et sarcula desint. felices proavorum atavos, felicia dicas saecula quae quondam sub regibus atque..."