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ăvuncŭlus (AVOMCVLVS and AVONCLVS, Fabr. Gloss. p. 227, a), i, m. dim. avus; cf. Lith. avynas, uncle,
I.a mother's brother, maternal uncle (a brother of the father, patruus).
I. Lit.
A. In gen., Cic. de Or. 2, 84, 341; Verg. A. 3, 343; Plin. 5, 8, 6, § 20; Vulg. Gen. 28, 2; 29, 10: “uxor patrui vel avunculi,” ib. Lev. 20, 10; Isid. Orig. 9, 6, 17; cf. Dig. 38, 10, 10 P.—Hence,
B. Esp.
1. Avunculus magnus, a grandmother's brother (aviae frater), great-uncle, Cic. Brut. 62, 222; Dig. 38, 10, 1; 38, 10, 10; Isid. Orig. 9, 16, 26.—
2. Avunculus major, a brother of the great-grandmother, greatgreat-uncle (proaviae frater), Dig. l. l. (in Isid. Orig. l. l., proavunculus).—
3. Avunculus maximus, a brother of the great-greatgrandmother (abaviae frater), Dig. l. l. (in Isid. Orig. l. l., abavunculus).—In the histt. sometimes avunculus major = avunculus magnus, brother of the grandmother, Vell. 2, 59; Suet. Aug. 7; id. Claud. 3; and avunculus absol. = avunculus major, Tac. A. 2, 43; 2, 53; 4, 75.—
II. Transf., the husband of the mother's sister, Sen. Cons. ad Helv. 17.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Old Testament, Leviticus, 20.10
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 3.343
    • Old Testament, Genesis, 28.2
    • Suetonius, Divus Augustus, 7
    • Tacitus, Annales, 2.43
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 2.84
    • Suetonius, Divus Claudius, 3
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 5.20
    • Cicero, Brutus, 62.222
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