"avunculus" meaning in Latin

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Noun

Forms: ăvuncŭlus [singular, nominative], ăvuncŭlī [plural, nominative], ăvuncŭle [singular, vocative], ăvuncŭlī [plural, vocative], ăvuncŭlum [singular, accusative], ăvuncŭlōs [plural, accusative], ăvuncŭlī [singular, genitive], ăvuncŭlōrum [plural, genitive], ăvuncŭlō [singular, dative], ăvuncŭlīs [plural, dative], ăvuncŭlō [singular, ablative], ăvuncŭlīs [plural, ablative], amita [feminine]
  1. Oncle maternel : frère de la mère ou mari de la tante (en tant que sœur de la mère).
    Sense id: fr-avunculus-la-noun-jNKucDbZ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: thius Derived forms: Onkel, uncle, oncle, oncle, oncle

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{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "translation": "oncle paternel",
      "word": "patruus"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Lemmes en latin",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Noms communs en latin",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Latin",
      "orig": "latin",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "lang": "Allemand",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "word": "Onkel"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Anglais",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "uncle"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "word": "oncle"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Français",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "word": "oncle"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "lang_code": "oc",
      "word": "oncle"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "Dérivé de avus (« aïeul, grand-père »), avec le suffixe -culus diminutif ; à comparer avec le lituanien avynas (« oncle »), le tchèque ujec (« oncle maternel (sens désuet) », « vieillard »).",
    "Émile Benveniste suggère que dans un cadre structurel exogamique où la fille doit épouser le fils du frère de sa mère, le grand-père (avus) est l'oncle maternel de l'oncle maternel. Ce qui explique mieux pourquoi l'oncle maternel (avunculus) est un diminutif d’avus."
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ăvuncŭlus",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ăvuncŭlī",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ăvuncŭle",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ăvuncŭlī",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ăvuncŭlum",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "accusative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ăvuncŭlōs",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "accusative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ăvuncŭlī",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ăvuncŭlōrum",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ăvuncŭlō",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "dative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ăvuncŭlīs",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "dative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ăvuncŭlō",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "ablative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ăvuncŭlīs",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "ablative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amita",
      "source": "form line template 'équiv-pour'",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "hypernyms": [
    {
      "translation": "oncle paternel ou maternel.",
      "word": "thius"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_id": "la-nom-1",
  "pos_title": "Nom commun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "Vulgate. Lev. 20, 10",
          "text": "uxor patrui vel avunculi"
        },
        {
          "text": "Avunculus magnus",
          "translation": "grand-oncle, frère de la grand-mère."
        },
        {
          "text": "Avunculus major",
          "translation": "arrière-grand-oncle, frère de l'arrière-grand-mère."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Oncle maternel : frère de la mère ou mari de la tante (en tant que sœur de la mère)."
      ],
      "id": "fr-avunculus-la-noun-jNKucDbZ"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "masculine"
  ],
  "word": "avunculus"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "translation": "oncle paternel",
      "word": "patruus"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "Lemmes en latin",
    "Noms communs en latin",
    "latin"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "lang": "Allemand",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "word": "Onkel"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Anglais",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "uncle"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "word": "oncle"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Français",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "word": "oncle"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "lang_code": "oc",
      "word": "oncle"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "Dérivé de avus (« aïeul, grand-père »), avec le suffixe -culus diminutif ; à comparer avec le lituanien avynas (« oncle »), le tchèque ujec (« oncle maternel (sens désuet) », « vieillard »).",
    "Émile Benveniste suggère que dans un cadre structurel exogamique où la fille doit épouser le fils du frère de sa mère, le grand-père (avus) est l'oncle maternel de l'oncle maternel. Ce qui explique mieux pourquoi l'oncle maternel (avunculus) est un diminutif d’avus."
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ăvuncŭlus",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ăvuncŭlī",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ăvuncŭle",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ăvuncŭlī",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ăvuncŭlum",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "accusative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ăvuncŭlōs",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "accusative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ăvuncŭlī",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ăvuncŭlōrum",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ăvuncŭlō",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "dative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ăvuncŭlīs",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "dative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ăvuncŭlō",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "ablative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ăvuncŭlīs",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "ablative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amita",
      "source": "form line template 'équiv-pour'",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "hypernyms": [
    {
      "translation": "oncle paternel ou maternel.",
      "word": "thius"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_id": "la-nom-1",
  "pos_title": "Nom commun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "Vulgate. Lev. 20, 10",
          "text": "uxor patrui vel avunculi"
        },
        {
          "text": "Avunculus magnus",
          "translation": "grand-oncle, frère de la grand-mère."
        },
        {
          "text": "Avunculus major",
          "translation": "arrière-grand-oncle, frère de l'arrière-grand-mère."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Oncle maternel : frère de la mère ou mari de la tante (en tant que sœur de la mère)."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "masculine"
  ],
  "word": "avunculus"
}

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