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|lshtext=<b>ăvus</b>: (AVS, Inscr. Fabr. 389, also ăvŏs), i, m. kindr. [[with]] Goth. avo, [[grandmother]]; old Norse, afi, [[grandfather]]; cf. Heb. , āb, [[father]]; Chald. , [[ἀββᾶ]]>; and Engl. abbot,<br /><b>I</b> a [[grandfather]], [[grandsire]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: [[pater]], [[avus]], [[proavus]], [[abavus]], [[atavus]], [[tritavus]], Plaut. Pers. 1, 2, 5; so Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 48; Cic. Cael. 14, 33; id. Mur. 7; Hor. S. 1, 6, 131; Vulg. Exod. 10, 6; cf. Dig. 38, 10, 1; 38, 10, 10; Isid. Orig. 9, 5, 9; 9, 6, 23.—Also transf. to animals (cf. 1. [[avitus]], II.), Verg. G. 4, 209.—<br /><b>II</b> In gen.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Ancestor, [[forefather]], Hor. S. 1, 6, 3; Ov. F. 2, 30; id. H. 16 (15), 174; id. M. 9, 491; 15, 425; id. P. 4, 8, 18; Vulg. Gen. 28, 4 al.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> An old [[man]], Albin. 2, 4.