aeviternus

Latin

Etymology

From aevum, from Proto-Italic *aiwom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyu- (“vital energy”), from *h₂ey-. Equivalent to aevitās +‎ -rnus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ae̯.u̯iˈter.nus/, [äe̯u̯ɪˈt̪ɛrnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /e.viˈter.nus/, [eviˈt̪ɛrnus]

Adjective

aeviternus (feminine aeviterna, neuter aeviternum); first/second-declension adjective

1. Archaic form of aeternus (“eternal, perpetual”).

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	aeviternus	aeviterna	aeviternum		aeviternī	aeviternae	aeviterna
genitive	aeviternī	aeviternae	aeviternī		aeviternōrum	aeviternārum	aeviternōrum
dative	aeviternō	aeviternae	aeviternō		aeviternīs
accusative	aeviternum	aeviternam	aeviternum		aeviternōs	aeviternās	aeviterna
ablative	aeviternō	aeviternā	aeviternō		aeviternīs
vocative	aeviterne	aeviterna	aeviternum		aeviternī	aeviternae	aeviterna

Related terms

• aevitās
• aeviternitās

References

• “aeviternus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• aeviternus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.