longaevus

longaevus

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /lonˈɡae̯.wus/, [ɫɔŋˈɡae̯.wʊs]

Adjective

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

1. Of a great age, aged, ancient; 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.

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	longaevus	longaeva	longaevum		longaevī	longaevae	longaeva
Genitive	longaevī	longaevae	longaevī		longaevōrum	longaevārum	longaevōrum
Dative	longaevō		longaevō		longaevīs
Accusative	longaevum	longaevam	longaevum		longaevōs	longaevās	longaeva
Ablative	longaevō	longaevā	longaevō		longaevīs
Vocative	longaeve	longaeva	longaevum		longaevī	longaevae	longaeva

Derived terms

• longaeva
• longaevitās

Related terms

Related terms

• longanimis
• longanimitās
• longanimiter
• longē
• longiloquium
• longinquē

• longinquitās
• longinquō
• longinquus
• longipēs
• longiscō
• longiter

• longitia
• longitūdō
• longiturnitās
• longiturnus
• longiusculē
• longiusculus

• longivīvāx
• longulē
• longulus
• longuriō
• longurius
• longus

Descendants

• Catalan: longeu
• 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