proavorum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →proavus, proavi:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
great-grandfather; remote ancestor;
gen. pl.
Examples
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..."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..."