adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
aequaevus
aequaevus (feminine aequaeva, neuter aequaevum)
Classical[ae̯ˈkʷae̯.wʊs]Ecclesiastical[eˈkʷɛː.vus]
Meaning
- adjectivejust as old, of equal age, equal-lived, coeval
“[...] Subiit cārī genitōris imāgō, ut rēgem aequaevum crūdēlī volnere vīdī, vītam exhālantem [...].” “… The thought of my dear father came to mind, when I saw the king – [who was] just as old – with a cruel wound, exhaling his life[’s breath]....”
29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 2.560–562
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | aequaevus | aequaeva | aequaevum |
| genitive | aequaevī | aequaevae | aequaevī |
| dative | aequaevō | aequaevae | aequaevō |
| accusative | aequaevum | aequaevam | aequaevum |
| ablative | aequaevō | aequaevā | aequaevō |
| vocative | aequaeve | aequaeva | aequaevum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | aequaevī | aequaevae | aequaeva |
| genitive | aequaevōrum | aequaevārum | aequaevōrum |
| dative | aequaevīs | aequaevīs | aequaevīs |
| accusative | aequaevōs | aequaevās | aequaeva |
| ablative | aequaevīs | aequaevīs | aequaevīs |
| vocative | aequaevī | aequaevae | aequaeva |
aequaevus, a, um, adj. aequus-aevum,
I. of equal age, just as old, coeval (in gen. only poet.;
esp. freq. in Claudian): amicus, Verg. A. 5. 452; so id. ib. 2, 561: aequaevi gregis, Sen. Agam. 673: majestas, Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 121: urbs aequaeva polo, id. Bell. Get. 54 et saep.—In prose: lotos aequaeva Urbi intellegitur, Plin. 16, 44, 86, § 236: auditor, Suet. Vit. Pers.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
aequaevus adj.
aequus + aevum, of equal age: rex, V.
Origins
- Proto-Italic*aikʷos?
- Old Latinaiquos
- Latinaequaevus
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey- Proto-Indo-European *-u Proto-Indo-European *h₂óyu Proto-Indo-European *-wom Proto-Indo-European *h₂oywom Proto-Italic *aiwom Latin aevum Latin aequaevus From aequus (“equal”) + aevum.