noun

aevĭtas

gen. ātis · gender feminine · decl. 3rd

aevum (an old word, = aetas, which is contr. from it)

the time through which a person lives; a thing lasts; the time of existence

the time through which a person lives or a thing lasts, the time of existence.

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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.—

figuratively

time unending; immortality •

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.—

Of the past: quid operis aut negotii celebrans anteacti temporis decurrerit… •

Of the past: quid operis aut negotii celebrans anteacti temporis decurrerit aevitatem, the time of yore, Arn. 2, 22.

Perseus ID: n1432 Key: aevitas