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Latin
Etymology
From longus + aevum (“time, eternity; age, generation”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
longaevus (feminine longaeva, neuter longaevum); first/second-declension adjective
- of a great age, aged, ancient, long-lived; longevitous
405 CE,
Jerome,
Vulgate Exodus.20.12:
- Honora patrem tuum et matrem tuam ut sis longaevus super terram quam Dominus Deus tuus dabit tibi.
- Honour thy father and thy mother, that you may be long lived upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “longaevus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “longaevus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- longaevus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.