What is the Latin word for forefathers, foregoers?

The usual Latin words for “forefathers, foregoers” are magnus, prior, pater; also avītus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“forefathers, foregoers” in Latin

magnusgreat, large, big; (of things) vast, extensive, spacious (of physical size or quantity); great, grand, mighty, noble, lo priorformer, prior, previous, earlier (preceding in time); the first, the original; in front paterfather (male parent); head of household; parent avītusgrandfatherly; ancestral

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

forefathers, foregoers

majores: priores: patres. Handed down to us from our forefathers, avitus; proavltus.

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What is the Latin word for forefathers, foregoers?: The usual Latin words for “forefathers, foregoers” are magnus, prior, pater; also avītus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.