avius

Esperanto

Verb

avius

1. conditional of avii

Latin

Etymology 1

From ab- +‎ via +‎ -us.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈaː.u̯i.us/, [ˈäːu̯iʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.vi.us/, [ˈäːvius]

Adjective

āvius (feminine āvia, neuter āvium); first/second-declension adjective

1. remote, out of the way
2. astray, distracting

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	āvius	āvia	āvium		āviī	āviae	āvia
Genitive	āviī	āviae	āviī		āviōrum	āviārum	āviōrum
Dative	āviō		āviō		āviīs
Accusative	āvium	āviam	āvium		āviōs	āviās	āvia
Ablative	āviō	āviā	āviō		āviīs
Vocative	āvie	āvia	āvium		āviī	āviae	āvia

Derived terms

• āvium

Descendants

• → Portuguese: ávio

Etymology 2

Masculinized from avia (“grandmother”). Attested in a number of Imperial inscriptions, then elsewhere beginning in 780 CE.

Noun

avius m (genitive aviī or avī); second declension (Late Latin)

1. grandfather

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	avius	aviī
Genitive	aviī avī1	aviōrum
Dative	aviō	aviīs
Accusative	avium	aviōs
Ablative	aviō	aviīs
Vocative	avie	aviī

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

Descendants

• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian: aviu, aju
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: avi
  • Occitan: avi (Ariège)
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Portuguese: aio
  • Spanish: ayo

Further reading

• “avius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “avius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• avius 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)
• avius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.