longaevus

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From longus +‎ aevum (“time, eternity; age, generation”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

longaevus (feminine longaeva, neuter longaevum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. of a great age, aged, ancient, long-lived; longevitous
    • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Exodus.20.12:
      Honora patrem tuum et matrem tuam ut sis longaevus super terram quam Dominus Deus tuus dabit tibi.
      Honour thy father and thy mother, that you may be long lived upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative longaevus longaeva longaevum longaevī longaevae longaeva
genitive longaevī longaevae longaevī longaevōrum longaevārum longaevōrum
dative longaevō longaevae longaevō longaevīs
accusative longaevum longaevam longaevum longaevōs longaevās longaeva
ablative longaevō longaevā longaevō longaevīs
vocative longaeve longaeva longaevum longaevī longaevae longaeva

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Catalan: longeu
  • → Romanian: longev
  • → Italian: longevo
  • → Portuguese: longevo
  • → Spanish: longevo

References

  • “longaevus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “longaevus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • longaevus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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