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avunculus
avunculus
Latin
Noun
avunculus m (genitive avunculī); second declension
- maternal uncle
- mother's sister's husband
- great uncle
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | avunculus | avunculī |
| genitive | avunculī | avunculōrum |
| dative | avunculō | avunculīs |
| accusative | avunculum | avunculōs |
| ablative | avunculō | avunculīs |
| vocative | avuncule | avunculī |
Descendants
See also
References
- avunculus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- avunculus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- AVUNCULUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “avunculus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.