Noun: avis
Hyphenation:
Gender: Feminine
Declension: Third
Accusative
| Singular | avem |
| Plural | avēs; avīs |
Ablative
| Singular | ave; avī |
| Plural | avibus |
Sample Sentences
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Invitent croceis [apes] halantes floribus horti
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Et custos furum atque avium cum falce saligna (May gardens bright, fragrant with flower, lure them [the bees] and Hellespontian Priap with his willow scythe the robbing bee and the birds keep away.) [c. 37 BCE – 30 BCE, Vergilius, Georgicon 4.109–111]
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et vēnērunt ad eum avēs multī colōris innumerābilēs (and came to him countless birds of many colors) [c. 833, Nennius, “Vita Patricii” (chapter III), in Historia Brittonum, page 54:]
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Near-synonym: mōnstrum
Nouns inflected like avis
subclassis,
birēmis,
novālis,
superclassis,
quadrirēmis,
quīnquerēmis,
classis,
vōcālis,
amnis,
auris,
fīnis,
orbis,
cīvis,
rudis,
nātālis,
sēmivōcālis,
trirēmis,
maiālis,
majālis,
mataris, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Italic *awis. Cognates include Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ετός (āetós), and Sanskrit वि (ví), and Albanian vito (“dove”).
Verbs referencing "avis"
Catalan Nouns
au, Catalan Nouns
oca, Spanish Nouns
oca, Italian Nouns
uccello, Galician Nouns
ave, Old Portuguese Nouns
ave, Portuguese Nouns
ave, Spanish Nouns
ave, English Nouns
aviation, English Nouns
avifauna, Portuguese Nouns
avião, French Nouns
autruche, French Nouns
oiseau, Spanish Nouns
avión, French Nouns
oie, Italian Nouns
avocetta, Italian Nouns
aviatore, Catalan Nouns
ocell, Ancient Greek Nouns
ἀετός, Italian Nouns
augello, Romanian Nouns
aușel, Icelandic Nouns
æður, Spanish Nouns
avíape, Ancient Greek Nouns
οἰωνός, English Nouns
Pro-Avis.
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