noun · masculinethird declension
prō̆nepōs
prō̆nepōs m or f (genitive prō̆nepōtis)
Meaning
- great-grandson
- great-grandchild
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
fīlius nepōtispronepōs -pōtis (m) — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 21
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | prō̆nepōs | prō̆nepōtēs |
| genitive | prō̆nepōtis | prō̆nepōtum |
| dative | prō̆nepōtī | prō̆nepōtibus |
| accusative | prō̆nepōtem | prō̆nepōtēs |
| ablative | prō̆nepōte | prō̆nepōtibus |
| vocative | prō̆nepōs | prō̆nepōtēs |
prŏ-nĕpos (scanned prōnĕpos, Sid. Carm. 11 fin.), ōtis, m.,
I. a great-grandson, Dig. 38, 10, 1; 38, 10, 14; Cic. Tusc. 3, 12, 26; id. Phil. 13, 7, 15; id. Att. 16, 14, 4; Ov. M. 10, 606.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
pro-nepōs ōtis, m
a great-grandson, C., O.
Origins
From Proto-Indo-European *prónepōts (“great-grandson”), equal to pro- + nepos. Compare Sanskrit प्रणपात् (praṇapāt, “great-grandson”).