"proavus" meaning in Latin

See proavus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈpro.a.wʊs] [Classical-Latin], [ˈprɔː.a.vus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Latin pro- Latin avus Latin proavus From pro- + avus. Etymology templates: {{ety|la|:af|pro-|avus|text=+|title=proavus|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Latin pro- Latin avus Latin proavus [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "before", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*per-", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "id" : "fare", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*per-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*pér", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-o", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*pró", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*pro-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*pro-", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "pro-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "avus", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "proavus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }" data-lang="la" data-title="proavus"> From pro- + avus. Head templates: {{la-noun|proavus<2.genplum>}} proavus m (genitive proavī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|proavus<2.genplum>}} Forms: proavī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], proavus [nominative, singular], proavī [nominative, plural], proavī [genitive, singular], proavōrum [genitive, plural], proavum [genitive, plural], proavō [dative, singular], proavīs [dative, plural], proavum [accusative, singular], proavōs [accusative, plural], proavō [ablative, singular], proavīs [ablative, plural], proave [singular, vocative], proavī [plural, vocative]
  1. great-grandfather Tags: declension-2, masculine
    Sense id: en-proavus-la-noun-gPvSNktv
  2. forefather, ancestor Tags: declension-2, masculine
    Sense id: en-proavus-la-noun-InQpli17 Categories (other): Latin entries with etymology texts, Latin entries with etymology trees, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the second declension, Latin terms prefixed with pro-, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymology texts: 11 89 Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymology trees: 11 89 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 18 82 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the second declension: 42 58 Disambiguation of Latin terms prefixed with pro-: 19 81 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 10 90 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 22 78 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 89 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 6 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Coordinate_terms: proavia

Inflected forms

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