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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=ine-pro *h₂éwh₂os}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * Classical: [aˈwiː.tʊs]^(Wiktionary)
+ * Ecclesiastical: [aˈviː.tus]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''avītus''' (feminine avīta, neuter avītum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is formed from [[avus|t=grandfather]] with the suffix [[m|la|-ītus]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(de Vaan 2008) De Vaan thinks it a recent formation modelled on [[marītus|t=married, husband]];^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) Leumann explained it from the genitive ⟨avī⟩.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) ⟨avus⟩ is [[itc-pro|*awos|alt=*awo-]], from [[ine-pro|*h₂éwh₂os|alt=*h2euh2-|t=grandfather on the mother's side]], cognate with [[hit|ḫuḫḫa-|t=grandfather]], [[got|𐌰𐍅𐍉|tr=awo|t=grandmother]] and [[sga|aue|t=grandson]].^(de Vaan 2008)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ De Vaan dates it from Cicero,^(de Vaan 2008) who has “would that he had attained his father's or his grandfather's glory!”.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It means “of a grandfather, inherited from a grandfather”, as in Cicero's paternal and ancestral estates, and more widely “ancestral, of one's forefathers”, as Catullus' family heirlooms.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ Church Latin glosses it “ancestral, of a grandparent”.^(Stelten 1995)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of a grandfather's glory and estates.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81/79–52/50 BC – Catullus of family heirlooms.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Adjective===
+ # Of a [[m|en|grandfather]], inherited from a grandfather.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)
+ # [[m|en|ancestral|alt=Ancestral]], of one's forefathers.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[avus]]
+ * [[avia]]
+ * [[avunculus]]
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+ ==Usage notes==
+ ''Avītus'' is also a Roman cognomen, as of Aulus Cluentius Avitus in Cicero.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}