aeternitas Latin · revision 9418

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ae̯ˈtɛr.nɪ.taːs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [eˈtɛr.ni.tas]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''aeternitās''' ''f'' (genitive aeternitātis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

+ An inscription spells it ''eternitās''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[aeternus]] “eternal” with the suffix [[-tās]]; ⟨aeternus⟩ is a contraction of ⟨aeviternus⟩, from [[aevum]] “age”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's earliest source is Cicero, whom he dates 81–43 BC, and the OLD's first citations are from Cicero.^(Köbler 2010)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It was infinite time, eternity, as in Cicero's ''ex omnī aeternitāte'' “from all eternity”; immortality, as in Cicero; and of materials permanence, durability, as in Vitruvius.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant eternity.^(Stelten 1995) British Medieval Latin used it also for eternal life and everlasting remembrance.^(DMLBS) [[en|eternity]] came through Old French ''eternité'' in the late 14th century.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 84–c. 25 BC – Vitruvius uses it of durability.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 14th century – English ''eternity'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|eternity|alt=Eternity]], infinite time.^(OLD 2012)

+ # [[m|en|immortality|alt=Immortality]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # Permanence, durability.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' Eternal life.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[aeternus]]

+ * [[aevum]]

+ * [[en|eternity]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}