“age” in Latin

(1) (1) the natural duration of anything, especially of a man; aetas (poetic, aevum): (2) time of life, or a certain portion of it, aetas: the flower of one’s age, aetas florens; floe aetatis; aetas viridis or integra: military age, aetas militaris: of or about the military age, militiae; maturus: the maturity, weakness of age, aetatis maturitas, imbecillitas: the strength of full age, aetatis robur, nervi: to be of the same age as anybody, aequalem esse alicui: nearly of the same age, aetate proximum esse alicui: to be in the flower of his age, integra aetate esse; in ipso aetatis flore or robore esse: to be of a great age, longius aetate provectum esse: of a great age, grandis natu, aetate decrepita (the latter. If accompanied with weakness): to be of such an age, id aetatis esse.

To be of or under age. Of age, sui juris: suae potestatis (no longer under the father’s power): suae tutelae (not requiring a guardian): sui potens (general term for one who can act as he pleases, but sui judicii is a different thing; one who acts boldly up to his own principles): to be of age, sui juris esse: to be nearly of age, prope puberem aetatem esse: to be coming of age, sui juris fieri; in suam tutelam venire, pervenire: to declare a son of age, emancipare filium. Under age. infans (of a very young child), nondum adulta aetate (general term), peradolescentulus, peradolescens (still very young): sons under age, filii praetextati. With reference to ascending the throne, nondum maturus imperio: to appoint anybody regent till his own children should come of age, regnum alicui commendare, quoad liberi in suam tutelam pervenirent (Nep., Eum., 2, 2). Vid: MINOR.

Old age, senectus, senilis aetas (age, whether with reference to the weakness or to the experience of age: poetic, senecta); aetas extrema or esacta; summa senectus (extreme old age): senium (the time of feebleness): aetas decrepita (decrepitude): vetustas (great age and consequent goodness of a thing long kept; e.g., of wine, fruits, etc.). A green old age, cruda ac viridis senectus (Verg.): to live to or attain old age, senectutem adipisci, ad senectutem venire: to die at an advanced age, senectute diem obire supremum; exacta aetate mori: to die of old age, aliquem senectus dissolvit: to be worn out with old age, aetate or senio confectum esse: to make provision against old age, senectuti subsidium parare. Age does not change the man, lupus pilum mutat, non mentem. Age gives experience, seris venit usus ab annis (Ov.). Wisdom and experience belong to old age, mens et ratio et consilium in senibas est.

To be so many years of age, natum esse with accusative of the years; or esse with the genitive of the years: to be above so many years of age, vixisse, confecisse, complevisse, so many years. Thus; he is nineteen years of age, decem et novem annos natus est; decem et novem annorum est: he is above ninety years of age, nonaginta annos vixit, confecit complevit: also nonagesimum annum excessisse, egressum esse: above or under thirty-three years of age, major, or minor, annos tres et triginta natus; ormajor (minor) annorum trium et triginta: also major (minor) quam atmos tres et triginta natus: major (minor) quam annorum trium et triginta. He died at the age of thirty-three, decessit annos tres et triginta natus: in the thirtieth year of his age, tricesimum annum agens.

An age = certain period of time; aetas (general term, also of those who lived at the same time): saeculum (large, indefinite period; an age or generation; according to some, 30 ... 33 years; according to Etruscan and Roman usage, 100 years. In the times of the empire, a reign, each emperor bringing in a new order of things): tempus, tempora (the times or days of). The golden age, aetas aurea: a learned age, saeculum eruditum: the age of Homer is uncertain, Homeri incerta sunt tempora: Socrates was not understood by the men of its age, Socratem aetas sua parum intellexit; Socrates ab homirubus sui temporis parum intelligebatur: there are hardly two good orators in an age, vix singulis aetatibus bini oratores laudabilesconstitere: for that age, ut in ea aetate (i. e., of anything good, etc., for that age).

The spirit of the age, saeculi, hujus aetatis ingenium (so Friedrich August Wolf for the bad form saeculi genius or indoles tempoaris. Tac. has aulae ingenium): mores saeculi or temporum (its moral character, customary proceedings, etc, Florus, Plin.): from context, mores only (such is the spirit of the age. ita se mores habent. Sal. Vel.): temporum natura atque ratio (circumstances of the times; after Cic., ad Div. 6, 6, 8): saeculum (corrumpere et corrumpi non illic saeculum vocatur, Tac., the spirit of the age; the fashion of the times): tempora (the times): the licentious spirit of the age, licentia temporum: the irreligious spirit of the age, quae nunc tenet saeculum negligentia dei (deum, Liv.).

The wants of our or the present age, *quod haec tempora requirunt; quod nostris temporibus desideratur.

The history of our age, nostae aetatis historia; aequalis nostrae aetatis memoria (Cic., De Leg., i. 3, 8).