aevum

See also: ævum

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl]  aevum, in the technical sense of Scholastic philosophy.

Noun

aevum (uncountable)

1. (philosophy) the mean between time and eternity; the state of being of the angels and saints in heaven

Synonyms

• (mean between time and eternity): aeviternity

Anagrams

• mauve

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Latin

Alternative forms

• aevom (archaic)
• euum (Medieval Latin)

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

From earlier aevom, from Old Latin aivom, from Proto-Italic *aiwom (“period, age”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyu- (“vital force”) (compare Avestan 𐬁𐬌𐬌𐬏 (āiiū), Ancient Greek αἰές (aiés), German nie, je).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈae̯.u̯um/, [ˈäe̯u̯ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈe.vum/, [ˈɛːvum]

Noun

aevum n (genitive aevī); second declension

1. time, eternity
2. lifetime, age, generation
3. (Medieval Latin, philosophy) aevum, the mean between time and eternity, aeviternity

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	aevum	aeva
Genitive	aevī	aevōrum
Dative	aevō	aevīs
Accusative	aevum	aeva
Ablative	aevō	aevīs
Vocative	aevum	aeva

Derived terms

• aequaevus
• aetās
• aeternus
• coaevus
• grandaevus
• longaevus
• magnaevus
• prīmaevus

 

Descendants

• Italian: evo
• Portuguese: evo
• Romanian: ev
• Spanish: evo
• Serbo-Croatian: eon

References

• “aevum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “aevum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• aevum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• aevum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.