aevitas

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

aevĭtas, ātis, f. [aevum] (an old word, = aetas, which is contr. from it), the time through which a person lives or a thing lasts, the time of existence.

I Lit.: qua voluptate aevitatis extimam attigit metam aevitas, Varr. ap. Non. p. 193, 7: censores populi aevitates, suboles, familias pecuniasque censento, Cic. Leg. 3, 7: SI MORBVS AEVITASVE VITIVM ESCIT, Leg. XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 20, 1, 25; Arn. 5, 8.—

II Trop.

A Of the future, time unending , immortality : sed etiam mortales deos ad aevitatem temporis edidit, for endless ages , to endure forever , Ap. Dogm. Plat. 1, 120.—

B Of the past: quid operis aut negotii celebrans anteacti temporis decurrerit aevitatem, the time of yore , Arn. 2, 22.

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