tritavus

Latin

Etymology

From tres +‎ avus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈtri.ta.u̯us/, [ˈt̪rɪt̪äu̯ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtri.ta.vus/, [ˈt̪riːt̪ävus]

Noun

tritavus m (genitive tritavī); second declension

1. The father of either an atavus or atavia

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	tritavus	tritavī
genitive	tritavī	tritavōrum
dative	tritavō	tritavīs
accusative	tritavum	tritavōs
ablative	tritavō	tritavīs
vocative	tritave	tritavī

Related terms

• tritavia

References

• “tritavus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• tritavus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• tritavus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.