avius

avius

Cornish

Etymology

avi +‎ -us

Adjective

avius

  1. envious, jealous

References

avius” in Cornish Dictionary / Gerlyver Kernewek, Akademi Kernewek.

Esperanto

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈvius/
  • Rhymes: -ius
  • Syllabification: a‧vi‧us

Verb

avius

  1. conditional of avii

Latin

Etymology 1

    From ab- + via + -us.

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

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

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

    First/second-declension adjective.

    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
    nominative āvius āvia āvium āviī āviae āvia
    genitive āviī āviae āviī āviōrum āviārum āviōrum
    dative āviō āviae āviō āviīs
    accusative āvium āviam āvium āviōs āviās āvia
    ablative āviō āviā āviō āviīs
    vocative āvie āvia āvium āviī āviae āvia
    Derived terms
    Descendants
    • Portuguese: ávio

    Etymology 2

    Masculinized from avia (grandmother). Attested in a number of Imperial inscriptions, then elsewhere beginning in 780 CE.[1]

    Noun

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

    1. grandfather
    Declension

    Second-declension noun.

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

    Descendants
    • Insular Romance:
    • Gallo-Romance:
      • Catalan: avi
      • Occitan: avi (Ariège)
    • Ibero-Romance:

    References

    1. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “avius”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 25: Refonte Apaideutos–Azymus, page 1222

    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, 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.