longaevus

Latin

Alternative forms

• longevus

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /lonˈɡae̯.u̯us/, [ɫ̪ɔŋˈɡäe̯u̯ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /lonˈd͡ʒe.vus/, [lon̠ʲˈd͡ʒɛːvus]

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.

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
• longaevum

 

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
• → 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.