Avus

See also: avus and ávus

German

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Avus f

1. Acronym of Automobil-Verkehrs- und Übungsstraße; a major road in Berlin.

Latin

Etymology

Of Celtic origin, from Proto-Celtic *abū (“river”).

View of the river

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈa.u̯us/, [ˈäu̯ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.vus/, [ˈäːvus]

Proper noun

Avus m sg (genitive Avī); second declension

1. A river in Portugal; modern Ave

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Avus
Genitive	Avī
Dative	Avō
Accusative	Avum
Ablative	Avō
Vocative	Ave

Descendants

• Portuguese: Ave

References

• “Gallaecia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly