longaevus

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

longaevus, a, um, adj. [longus-aevum],

I of great age, aged, ancient (poet.): parens, Verg. A. 3, 169; cf. id. ib. 2, 525: senes, id. ib. 5, 715: caput, Prop. 4 (5), 1, 52: pons, Stat. Th. 10, 864: senecta, Prop. 2, 10, 47 (3, 5, 31): vetustas, Mart. Spect. 5.—

II Subst.: longaeva , ae, f., an old woman : cunctantem longaeva manu deducit, Ov. M. 10, 462.

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