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prŏăvītus, a, um, adj. [proavus], of or belonging to a great-grandfather, or to one’s ancestors, ancestral (poet.): regna, inherited from his forefathers, Ov. M. 13, 416: rura, Stat. S. 4, 4, 83’ potentia, Sil. 16, 254: medicamina didicit, id. 5, 366: facta, id. 11, 88.