aevum

See also: ævum

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin aevum (“temporal mode of existence between time and eternity”). Doublet of aeviternity and aye.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈiːvəm/, /ˈaɪ-/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈivəm/, /ˈaɪ-/
• Hyphenation: ae‧vum

Noun

aevum (uncountable)

1. (Scholastic philosophy) The temporal mode of existence between time and eternity, said to be experienced by angels, saints, and celestial bodies (which medieval astronomy believed to be unchanging).

   Synonym: aeviternity

Translations

temporal mode of existence between time and eternity, said to be experienced by angels, saints, and celestial bodies — see also aeviternity

Further reading

• aevum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• mauve

Latin

Alternative forms

• aevom (Old Latin)
• euum (Medieval Latin)

Etymology

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

1. (principally): time as a single, unified, continuous and limitless entity; infinite time, time without end; to wit: eternity, agelessness, timelessness

   Synonym: aeternitās

2. (restrictedly): an undefined, particularly long period of time: an age, an era, a term, a duration

   Synonym: aetās

3. (restrictedly, pertaining to a person): generation, lifetime, lifespan

   Synonym: aetās

4. (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
• aeternus
• aetās
• aevus
• coaevus
• grandaevus
• longaevus
• magnaevus
• prīmaevus

 

Descendants

• Italian: evo
• Portuguese: evo
• Romanian: ev
• Spanish: evo

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.