proavus Latin · revision 31653

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=204–169 BC, Ennius|origins=la avus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈpro.a.wʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈprɔː.a.vus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''proavus''' ''m'' (genitive proavī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

+ Statius has the genitive plural ''proavūm''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[prō|t=before]] and [[avus|t=grandfather]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010) The TLL compares the parallel formations [[grc|πρόπαππος|tr=própappos|t=great-grandfather]] and [[sa|प्रपितामह|tr=prapitāmaha-]].^(TLL) De Vaan traces ⟨avus⟩ to [[itc-pro|*awos|alt=*awo-]] and [[ine-pro|*h₂éwh₂s|alt=*h₂euh₂-|t=grandfather on the mother's side]], cognate with [[hit|huhha-|t=grandfather]], [[got|𐌰𐍅𐍉|tr=awō|t=grandmother]] and [[non|ǽ|t=great-grandfather]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Ennius,^(Köbler 2010) in whom a speaker appeals to the favour of his father Telamon, of Aeacus and of his great-grandfather Jupiter.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Its exact sense is “great-grandfather”, in the series ''pater, avus, proavus, abavus, atavus, tritavus'' given by Plautus.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012) From Cicero on it is also used of a remote ancestor, a forefather.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius of a great-grandfather.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus lists the ancestors in order.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of a remote ancestor.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|great-grandfather]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A remote [[m|en|ancestor]], [[m|en|forefather]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[avus]]

+ * [[abavus]]

+ * [[atavus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}