ad-nĕpos (atn-), ōtis, m.,
a son of the abnepos or of the abneptis, i. e. the grandson of a great-grandson , or of a greatgranddaughter , i. e. a fourth - grandson; corresponding in the descending line to atavus in the ascending. So in the epitaph of the emperor Commodus: DIVI NERVAE ADNEPOTI, Orell. Inscr. 887; so