noun
aevĭtas
Meaning
- the time through which a person lives
aevĭtas, ātis, f. aevum (an old word, = aetas, which is contr. from it),
I. 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, App. Dogm. Plat. 1, 120.—B. Of the past:
quid operis aut negotii celebrans anteacti temporis decurrerit aevitatem, the time of yore, Arn. 2, 22.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
aevitās ātis, f
aevum, old for aetas, age, time of life, XII Tabb. ap. C.