aeternus
Erscheinungsbild
For older aeviternus, from aevum, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyu- (“long time, lifetime”). Morphologically (but not semantically) equivalent to aetās + -rnus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ae̯ˈter.nus/, [äe̯ˈt̪ɛrnʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /eˈter.nus/, [eˈt̪ɛrnus]
Adjective
aeternus (feminine aeterna, neuter aeternum, adverb aeternō); first/second-declension adjective
- abiding, lasting, permanent, perpetual [ synonyms ▲][ quotations ▼]
- Synonyms: perennis, assiduus, continuātus, perpetuus, diuturnus
- endless, eternal
- immortal [ synonym ▲]
- Synonym: immortālis
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | aeternus | aeterna | aeternum | aeternī | aeternae | aeterna | |
| Genitive | aeternī | aeternae | aeternī | aeternōrum | aeternārum | aeternōrum | |
| Dative | aeternō | aeternō | aeternīs | ||||
| Accusative | aeternum | aeternam | aeternum | aeternōs | aeternās | aeterna | |
| Ablative | aeternō | aeternā | aeternō | aeternīs | |||
| Vocative | aeterne | aeterna | aeternum | aeternī | aeternae | aeterna | |