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Atavus, the father of a great-great-grandfather or great-great grandmother. The ascending line of lineal ancestry runs thus:-Pater, Avus, Proavus, Avabus, Atavus, Tritavus, the seventh generation in the ascending scale will be Tritavi-pater, and the next above it, Proavi-atavus, Juv. Sat. iii 312.