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abavus

abavus, a grandfather’s grandfather

ăb-ăvus, i, m.
      • 1 (=avi avus, cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 13 Müll.) Great-great-grandfather, Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 20 (373); Cic. Brut. 58, 213; id. Har. Resp. 11, 22; 11, 38 (B. and K.); Dig. 38, 10, 1, § G; 10, § 15; called by Vergil quartus pater, A. 10, 619.—
      • 2 In gen., forefather, ancestor, Plin. 18, 6, 8, § 37; Sen. Clem. 1,10.

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