adverb
aeternum
aeternum (not comparable)
Classical[ae̯ˈtɛr.nũː]Ecclesiastical[eˈtɛr.num]
Meaning
- not comparableeternally, always, perpetually, constantly
Hymettos Attica et Isthmos Ephyraea et Taenaros Spartiaca, glebae felices aeternum libris felicioribus conditae
The Attic Hymettus, the Corinthian Isthmus, and Spartan Taenarus; all fortunate lands forever immortalized by more fortunate booksc. 125 CE – 180 CE, Apuleius, Metamorphoses 1.1
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
aeternum subst. and adv.
, see aeternus.
Origins
Adverbial accusative of aeternus (“everlasting”).