PATRUUS

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From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  PATRUUS, civil law. An uncle by the father's side, a father's brother. Dig. 
  38, 10, 10, Patruus magnus, is a grandfather's brother, grand uncle. Patruus 
  major, is a great-grandfather's brother. Patruus maximus, is a, great-
  grandfather's father's brother.