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Meaning of avus | Babel Free

Noun masculine CEFR B1
[ˈa.wʊs]

Definitions

  1. grandfather
    declension-2, masculine
  2. a river in Portugal; modern Ave
    declension-2, masculine, singular
  3. ancestor, progenitor, forefather, forebear
    declension-2, masculine
  4. old man
    declension-2, masculine

Equivalents

English Ancestor grandfather old man

Examples

“… māternō veniēns ab avō Cyllēnia prōlēs.”

[... Mercury, that] child of [Mount] Cyllene, approaching from [the mountain of] his maternal grandfather, [Atlas]. (Mount Atlas is personified as the Titan Atlas, father of Maia, the mother of Mercury, who was born on Mount Cyllene.)

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

axāmenta axamentis axamentorum Axanthos Axatis Axatitānus

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