longaevus Latin · revision 10040

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Virgil|origins=la longus, la aevum}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ɫɔŋˈɡae̯.wʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [lon̠ʲˈd͡ʒɛː.vus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''longaevus''' (feminine longaeva, neuter longaevum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[longus]] “long” and [[aevum]] “age” with [[m|la|-us]]; compare [[grandaevus]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) The TLL suspects the model of [[grc|μακραίων|tr=makraíōn|t=long-lived]].^(TLL) De Vaan traces ⟨longus⟩ to [[itc-pro|*(d)longo-]], [[ine-pro|*dlongʰ-o-|t=long]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's earliest source is Virgil, and the OLD, Lewis & Short and Gaffiot cite his ''Aeneid''.^(Köbler 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Virgil 70–19 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ A poetic word, it meant of great age, aged, ancient, as of a parent in Virgil and in Statius, and as a feminine noun an old woman.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it means aged, old, long-lived.^(Stelten 1995) Medieval Latin used it for long-lasting, and British Medieval Latin for long-lived, also of eternal life.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 45–96 AD – Statius uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of great age, aged, [[m|en|ancient]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # [[m|en|long-lived|alt=Long-lived]]; long-lasting.^(Stelten 1995)^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[longus]]

+ * [[aevum]]

+ * [[grandaevus]]

+ * [[prīmaevus]]

+ * [[en|longevity]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}