aequaevus Latin · revision 9842

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''aequaevus''' (feminine aequaeva, neuter aequaevum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a compound of [[aequus]] “equal” and [[aevum]] “age”, with the suffix ⟨-us⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan finds no convincing etymology for ⟨aequus⟩, probably from ⟨*aikwos⟩.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its earliest source is Virgil's ''Aeneid'', ''aequaevus amīcus''.^(Köbler 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Virgil 70–19 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant of the same age, equal in age, coeval, as in Virgil and Pliny, and belonging to the same age, contemporary, as in Apuleius, and Lewis & Short call it poetic, especially frequent in Claudian.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it for of like age, glossed by Ælfric with Old English ''efneald''.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 125–175 AD – Apuleius uses it of contemporaries.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of the same age, [[m|en|coeval]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # [[m|en|contemporary|alt=Contemporary]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[aequus]]

+ * [[aevum]]

+ * [[coaevus]]

+ * [[longaevus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}