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avius

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Esperanto

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Verb

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avius

  1. conditional of avii

Latin

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Etymology 1

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From ab- +‎ via +‎ -us.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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āvius (feminine āvia, neuter āvium); first/second-declension adjective

  1. remote, out of the way
  2. astray, distracting
Declension
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First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative āvius āvia āvium āviī āviae āvia
genitive āviī āviae āviī āviōrum āviārum āviōrum
dative āviō āviae āviō āviīs
accusative āvium āviam āvium āviōs āviās āvia
ablative āviō āviā āviō āviīs
vocative āvie āvia āvium āviī āviae āvia
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Portuguese: ávio

Etymology 2

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Masculinized from avia (grandmother). Attested in a number of Imperial inscriptions, then elsewhere beginning in 780 CE.[1]

Noun

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avius m (genitive aviī or avī); second declension (Late Latin)

  1. grandfather
Declension
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Second-declension noun.

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants
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  • Insular Romance:
  • Gallo-Romance:
    • Catalan: avi
    • Occitan: avi (Ariège)
  • Ibero-Romance:

References

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  1. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “avius”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 25: Refonte Apaideutos–Azymus, page 1222

Further reading

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  • avius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • avius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • avius in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • avius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.