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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=abavus abavi N M :: ancestor, forefather; great-great grandfather, grandfather's grandfather
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>ăb-ăvus</b>: i, m.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (=avi [[avus]], cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 13 Mūll.) Great-greatgrandfather, Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 20; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In gen., [[forefather]], [[ancestor]], Plin. 18, 6, 8, § 37; Sen. Clem. 1,10.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>ăbăvus</b>,¹³ ī, m.,<br /><b>1</b> trisaïeul : Pl. Mil. 373 ; Cic. Br. 213<br /><b>2</b> [au pl. en gén.] les ancêtres : Cic. Har. 38 ; Plin. 18, 39.
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{{Georges
|georg=ab-[[avus]] (abavos, Corp. inscr. Lat. 1, 1198), ī, m. = avi [[avus]], der [[Ururgroßvater]], Plaut., Cic. u.a. – Zuw. in allgem. Bed. Ahne, Ahnherr, Cic. u.a. – Vgl. Hauler in Wölfflins [[Archiv]] 2, 290.
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