aevum
Earlier aevom, aivom, from Proto-Italic *aiwom (“period, age”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyu- (“long time, lifetime”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈae̯.u̯um/, [ˈäe̯u̯ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈe.vum/, [ˈɛːvum]
Noun
aevum n (genitive aevī); second declension
- (principally): time as a single, unified, continuous and limitless entity; infinite time, time without end; to wit: eternity, agelessness, timelessness[ synonym ▲]
- Synonym: aeternitās
- (restrictedly): an undefined, particularly long period of time: an age, an era, a term, a duration [ synonym ▲]
- Synonym: aetās
- (restrictedly, pertaining to a person): generation, lifetime, lifespan [ synonym ▲]
- Synonym: aetās
- (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 |