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aevum.

time, time of life, age, old age, generation; passage/lapse of time; all time;

5 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈae̯.wũː]Classical-Latin[ˈɛː.vum]
  1. eternity, agelessness, timelessness (time as a single, unified, continuous and limitless entity; infinite time, time without end)

    declension-2 · neuter
  2. age, era, term, duration (an undefined, particularly long period of time)

    declension-2 · neuter
  3. generation, lifetime, lifespan

    declension-2 · neuter
  4. aevum, aeviternity (the mean between time and eternity)

    Medieval-Latin · declension-2 · neuter
Where this word comes from

From earlier aevom, from Proto-Italic *aiwom (“period, age”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyu- (“long time, lifetime”).

noun
  1. accusative singular of aevus

    accusative · form-of · singular
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