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avus meaning in English

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avus [avi] (2nd) M
noun

forefather, ancestornoun

grandfather [grandfathers]noun
[UK: ˈɡræn.fɑː.ðə(r)] [US: ˈɡrænd.ˌfɑː.ðər]
John is my grandfather. = Thomas avus meus est.

avus maternus noun

maternal grandfather(one's mother's father)
noun
[UK: mə.ˈtɜːn.l̩ ˈɡræn.fɑː.ðə(r)] [US: mə.ˈtɝː.nl̩ ˈɡrænd.ˌfɑː.ðər]

avus paternus noun

paternal grandfather(one's father's father)
noun
[UK: pə.ˈtɜːn.l̩ ˈɡræn.fɑː.ðə(r)] [US: pə.ˈtɝː.nl̩ ˈɡrænd.ˌfɑː.ðər]

abavus [abavi] (2nd) M
noun

ancestor, forefathernoun

great-great grandfather, grandfather's grandfathernoun

artavus noun
{m}

athame(ritual dagger)
noun

atavus [atavi] (2nd) M
noun

ancestor, forefathernoun

father of abavus / abavianoun

great-great-great grandfathernoun

batavus noun
{m}

Dutch [Dutch](people from the Netherlands)
noun
[UK: dʌtʃ] [US: ˈdətʃ]
John is Dutch. = Didymus Batavus est.

blavus [blava, blavum] adjective

blue [bluer, bluest]adjective
[UK: bluː] [US: ˈbluː]

cavus [cavi] (2nd) M
noun

aperture [apertures]noun
[UK: ˈæ.pə.tʃə(r)] [US: ˈæ.pər.tʃər]

cave, burrownoun

enclosed spacenoun

hole, cavity, depression, pit, openingnoun

cavus [cava, cavum] adjective

cavusadjective

concaveadjective
[UK: ˈkɒŋk.eɪv] [US: kanˈkeɪv]

deep, having deep channeladjective

envelopingadjective
[UK: ɪn.ˈve.ləp.ɪŋ] [US: en.ˈve.ləp.ɪŋ]

having cavity inside (concealing)adjective

hollow, excavated, hollowed outadjective

of waning moonadjective

porousadjective
[UK: ˈpɔː.rəs] [US: ˈpɔː.rəs]

tubularadjective
[UK: ˈtjuː.bjʊ.lə(r)] [US: ˈtuː.bjə.lər]

cavus, inanis, vacuus adjective

hollow [hollower, hollowest](having an empty space inside)
adjective
[UK: ˈhɒ.ləʊ] [US: ˈhɑːlo.ʊ]

clavus [clavi] (2nd) M
noun

callus, wart, tumor, excrescencenoun

foul brood in beesnoun

fungus disease in olivesnoun

nail, spike, rivetnoun

purple stripe on tunicnoun

tiller / helm, helm of ship of statenoun

clavus cochleatus noun

screw [screws](fastener)
noun
[UK: skruː] [US: ˈskruː]

concavus [concava, concavum] adjective

archedadjective
[UK: ɑːtʃt] [US: ˈɑːrtʃt]

bent / curvedadjective

concave / curving inwardadjective

hollow / hollowed outadjective

sunken (eyes)adjective
[UK: ˈsʌŋkən] [US: ˈsʌŋkən]

Dravus proper noun
{m}

Drava(river)
proper noun
[UK: drˈɑːvə] [US: drˈɑːvə]

duodevicesimus, octavus decimus adjective

eighteenth(the ordinal form of the number eighteen, see also: 18th)
adjective
[UK: ˌeɪ.ˈtiːnθ] [US: e.ˈtiːnθ]

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