aevum

Meaning

1. (declension-2, neuter) eternity, agelessness, timelessness (time as a single, unified, continuous and limitless entity; infinite time, time without end)
2. (declension-2, neuter) age, era, term, duration (an undefined, particularly long period of time)
3. (declension-2, neuter) generation, lifetime, lifespan
4. (Medieval-Latin, declension-2, neuter) aevum, aeviternity (the mean between time and eternity)

Concepts

age

life

lifetime

term

Synonyms

aetas

saeculum

saeclum

Translations

âge

Alter

idade

età

edad

leeftijd

yaş

hîn

edat

jî

ouderdom

emir

temen

durée

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈae̯.wũː]

Etymology

Earlier aevom, aivom, from Proto-Italic *aiwom (“period, age”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyu- (“long time, lifetime”).