Latin

Noun

prōfīlius m ‎(genitive prōfīliī); second declension

1. (Medieval Latin) a grandson

Declension

Second declension.

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Synonyms

• (grandson): nepōs (Classical)

References

• PROFILIUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Jan Frederik Niermeyer, Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus : Lexique Latin Médiéval–Français/Anglais : A Medieval Latin–French/English Dictionary, fascicle I (1976), page 860/1, “profilius”