avunculus

Latin > English

avunculus avunculi N M :: maternal uncle, mother's brother, mother's sister's husband; great uncle

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

ăvuncŭlus: (AVOMCVLVS and AVONCLVS, Fabr. Gloss. p. 227, a), i, m.
dim. avus; cf. Lith. avynas, uncle,
I a mother's brother, maternal uncle (a brother of the father, patruus).
I Lit.
   A In gen., Cic. de Or. 2, 84, 341; Verg. A. 3, 343; Plin. 5, 8, 6, § 20; Vulg. Gen. 28, 2; 29, 10: uxor patrui vel avunculi, ib. Lev. 20, 10; Isid. Orig. 9, 6, 17; cf. Dig. 38, 10, 10 P.—Hence,
   B Esp.
   1    Avunculus magnus, a grandmother's brother (aviae frater), great-uncle, Cic. Brut. 62, 222; Dig. 38, 10, 1; 38, 10, 10; Isid. Orig. 9, 16, 26.—
   2    Avunculus major, a brother of the great-grandmother, greatgreat-uncle (proaviae frater), Dig. l. l. (in Isid. Orig. l. l., proavunculus).—
   3    Avunculus maximus, a brother of the great-greatgrandmother (abaviae frater), Dig. l. l. (in Isid. Orig. l. l., abavunculus).—In the histt. sometimes avunculus major = avunculus magnus, brother of the grandmother, Vell. 2, 59; Suet. Aug. 7; id. Claud. 3; and avunculus absol. = avunculus major, Tac. A. 2, 43; 2, 53; 4, 75.—
II Transf., the husband of the mother's sister, Sen. Cons. ad Helv. 17.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

ăvuncŭlus,¹⁰ ī, m. (avus),
1 oncle maternel : avunculus magnus Cic. Br. 222, grand-oncle maternel || avunculus major Dig. 1, 1, arrière-grand-oncle maternel ; [ou aussi] grand-oncle maternel : Vell. 2, 59, 3 ; Suet. Aug. 7 ; Claud. 3 || avunculus maximus Dig. 1, 1, frère de la trisaïeule
2 qqf. a) oncle, mari de la sœur de la mère : Sen. Helv. 19, 4 ; b) = avunculus magnus : Tac. Ann. 2, 43 ; 2, 53 ; 4, 75.
     forme avonculus Pl. Aul. 35 ; 685 ; 778 ; aunculus CIL 2, 713 ; 827, etc.

Latin > German (Georges)

avunculus (archaist. avonculus), ī, m. (Demin. v. avus), der Oheim, I) der Oheim als der Mutter Bruder (hingegen patruus der Oheim als des Vaters Bruder), Megadorus avunculus, Plaut.: av. tuus, Cic. u. Curt.: av. illius adulescentis, Cic.: av. eius, Liv.: inscio avunculo, Liv. – Dah. a) magnus av. = aviae frater, der Großmutter Bruder, der Großoheim, Cic. Brut. 222 u. ICt. – b) maior av. = proavunculus, proaviae frater, der Urgroßmutter Bruder, der Urgroßoheim, ICt.: aber auch = aviae frater, der Großoheim, Vell. 2, 59, 3. Suet. Aug. 7, 2 u. Claud. 3, 2. – c) maximus av. = abaviae frater, der Urgroßmutter Bruder, der Urgroßoheim, ICt. – II) übtr.: A) der Oheim als der Mutter Schwestermann, Sen. cons. ad Helv. 17, 3 = 19, 4 Koch. – B) der Großoheim (av. magnus; vgl. no. I, a u. b), Tac. ann. 2, 43 u. 53; 4, 75. – / Nbf. aunculus, Gloss. IV, 209, 48. Corp. inscr. Lat. 2, 713 u. ö.

Latin > Chinese

avunculus, i. m. :: 母舅。 — magnus 祖母舅。— major 曾祖母舅。— maxi 高祖母舅。

Translations

Albanian: ungji, xhaxha, dajë; Amharic: ኣጎት; Arabic: عَمّ‎, خَال‎, زَوْجُ العَمّة‎, زَوْجُ الخالة‎; Armenian: հորեղբայր, քեռի; Assamese: খুৰা, বৰদেউতা, মোমাই; Asturian: tíu; Azerbaijani: əmi, dayı; Bakhtiari: کاکا‎; Baluchi: ناکو‎, ماما‎, کاکہ‎; Basque: osaba; Belarusian: дзядзька, дзядзя; Bengali: মামা, চাচা, ফুফা, খালু; Breton: eontr; Bulgarian: чичо, стрико, вуйчо, калеко, свако; Burmese: ဘကြီး, ဘထွေး; Catalan: oncle, tio, tiet; Central Dusun: mamai; Chechen: ваша; Cherokee: ᎡᏚᏥ; Chinese Cantonese: 伯伯, 叔叔, 姑丈, 舅父, 姨丈; Hakka: 阿伯, 阿叔, 阿舅, 母舅, 姑丈, 姨丈; Mandarin: 伯父, 伯伯, 叔父, 叔叔, 姑父, 姑丈, 舅父, 舅舅, 姨父, 姨丈, 姨夫; Min Dong: 依伯; Min Nan: 阿伯, 阿叔, 阿舅, 母舅, 阿丈, 姑丈, 姨丈; Teochew: 阿伯, 阿叔, 阿舅, 阿丈; Chinook Jargon: tot; Crimean Tatar: dayı; Czech: strýc; Dalmatian: naul; Danish: onkel, farbror, morbror; Dutch: oom, nonkel; Esperanto: onklo; Estonian: onu; Ewe: tɔgã, tɔɖe, wɔfa; Finnish: setä, setäpuoli, eno, enopuoli; French: oncle, tonton; Friulian: barbe; Galician: tío; Georgian: ბიძა, ძია, ბიძია; German: Onkel, Oheim; Gooniyandi: ngaboo; Greek: θείος; Ancient Greek: θεῖος, πάτρως, μήτρως; Gunwinggu: ngabba, ngadjadj; Haitian Creole: tonton, monnonk; Hawaiian: makua kāne, ʻanakala; Hebrew: דּוֹד‎; Hindi: चाचा, ताया, काका, मामा, अंकल; Hungarian: nagybácsi; Icelandic: föðurbróðir, móðurbróðir; Ido: onklulo; Indonesian: paman, om; Interlingua: oncle; Irish: uncail; Italian: zio; Japanese: 伯父; 伯父貴; 叔父, 叔父貴; Kabyle: zizi; Kashmiri: پیٔتٕر‎, پۄپھُو‎, مام‎, ماسُو‎; Kapampangan: bapa; Kazakh: немере аға, ağa, nağaşı; Khoekhoe: ǁnaosab; Korean: 아저씨, 삼촌; Krisa: tani baʼ, tani pung, wini; Kumyk: атасыны агъасы, анасыны агъасы, атасыны иниси, анасыны инеси; Kurdish Central Kurdish: مام‎, خاڵ‎; Northern Kurdish: mam, ap, xal; Lao: ລຸງ; Latgalian: dzedzeits; Latin: patruus, avunculus; Latvian: tēvocis, tēva brālis, mātes brālis; Lithuanian: dėdė; Macedonian: тетин, чичко, вујко, стрико; Malay: pakcik, bapa saudara; Malayalam: അമ്മാവന്‍, മാമന്‍, വല്യച്ചന്‍, ചെറിയച്ചന്‍; Maori: matua kēkē; Marathi: मामा, काका; Maricopa: nkwii; Melpa: apa; Meriam: bab; Middle English: uncle, em; Minangkabau: mamak; Mongolian: авга ах, нагац ах, авга эрэгтэй дүү, нагац эрэгтэй дүү; Montana Salish: smamáʔ; Mòcheno: barba; Nanai: эчэкэ, гусин; Navajo: adáʼí, ayáázh, abízhí, azhéʼéyázhí; Norman: aonclle, oncl'ye; North Frisian: Oom; Northern Ohlone: 'et̄e; Northern Sami: čeahci, eahki, eanu, máhka; Norwegian Bokmål: onkel, farbror, morbror; Occitan: oncle, quenque; Old English: fædera, ēam; Old French: oncle; Oromo: eessuma, wasiila; Pashto: تره‎, ماما‎; Pennsylvania German: Onkel; Persian: عمو‎, دائی‎, خالو‎, افدر‎, اودر‎, کاکا‎, کاکو‎; Pitjantjatjara: mama maḻatja, mama puḻka; Plautdietsch: Onkel; Polish: stryj pers, stryjek pers, wuj pers, wujek pers; Portuguese: tio; Quechua: qaka, kaka, kaku, yaya; Romani: kak; Romanian: unchi; Romansch: aug, barba; Russian: дядя, дядька, дядюшка; Rusyn: уйко; Sanskrit: मातुल, पितृव्य; Sardinian: tiu, ciu, tziu; Saterland Frisian: Oom; Scots: uncle, eme, mither-brither; Scottish Gaelic: bràthair-athar, bràthair-màthar, uncail; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: стриц, чичa, амиџа, тетак, течa, течо, ујак, даиџа; Roman: stric, čiča, amidža, tetak, teča, tečo, ujak, daidža; Seri: aaitz; Sicilian: ziu, zu; Sidamo: wosiila; Sinhalese: මාමා; Slovak: strýko; Slovene: stric; Sorbian Lower Sorbian: wujk; Southern Sierra Miwok: ka·ka·; Spanish: tío; Sundanese: amang, mamang; Swedish: onkel, farbror, fars svåger, ingift farbror, morbror, mors svåger, ingift morbror; Tagalog: tito, tiyo, tiyuhin; Talysh: عمو‎; Tamil:, பெரியப்ப, சிதப்ப; Thai: ลุง, อา, น้า; Tibetan: ཨ་ཞང, ཨ་ཁུ; Torres Strait Creole: ankel; Turkish: amca, dayı, enişte; Turkmen: aga, daýy; Tuvan: аккызы, даайы; Ukrainian: дядько; Urdu: چچا‎; Venetian: sio, zhio, barba; Vietnamese: bác, chú, cậu; Volapük: hiter, ziom; Welsh: ewythr, ewythredd; West Frisian: omme, omke; Yiddish: פֿעטער‎; Yámana: tanowa