English

Noun

aevum ‎(uncountable)

1. (philosophy) the mean between time and eternity; the state of being of the angels and saints in heaven

Synonyms

• (mean between time and eternity): aeviternity

Latin

Alternative forms

• aevom (archaic)
• euum (Medieval Latin)

Etymology

From earlier aevom, from Old Latin aivom, from Proto-Italic *aiwom ‎(“period, age”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyu- ‎(“vital force”) (compare Avestan [script needed] ‎(āyū), Ancient Greek αἰές ‎(aiés), German nie, je).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈae̯.wum/, [ˈae̯.wũ]

Noun

aevum n ‎(genitive aevī); second declension

1. time, eternity
2. lifetime, age, generation
3. (Medieval Latin, philosophy) aevum, the mean between time and eternity, aeviternity

Inflection

Second declension.

Derived terms

Descendants

• English: medieval, mediaeval, coeval
• Italian: evo
• Portuguese: evo
• Romanian: ev
• Spanish: evo

References

• aevum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• aevum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• AEVUM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “aevum”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.