"aevum" meaning in Latin

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Noun

IPA: [ˈae̯.wũː] [Classical-Latin], [ˈɛː.vum] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Earlier aevom, aivom, from Proto-Italic *aiwom (“period, age”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyu- (“long time, lifetime”). Etymology templates: {{root|la|ine-pro|*h₂ey-|id=life}}, {{inh|la|itc-pro|*aiwom|t=period, age}} Proto-Italic *aiwom (“period, age”), {{der|la|ine-pro|*h₂eyu-||long time, lifetime}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyu- (“long time, lifetime”) Head templates: {{la-noun|aevum<2>}} aevum n (genitive aevī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|aevum<2>}} Forms: aevī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], aevum [nominative, singular], aeva [nominative, plural], aevī [genitive, singular], aevōrum [genitive, plural], aevō [dative, singular], aevīs [dative, plural], aevum [accusative, singular], aeva [accusative, plural], aevō [ablative, singular], aevīs [ablative, plural], aevum [singular, vocative], aeva [plural, vocative], aevom [alternative], euum [alternative]
  1. eternity, agelessness, timelessness (time as a single, unified, continuous and limitless entity; infinite time, time without end) Tags: declension-2, neuter Synonyms: aeternitās
    Sense id: en-aevum-la-noun-0cQxdkvJ Categories (other): Time Disambiguation of Time: 33 30 10 28 0
  2. age, era, term, duration (an undefined, particularly long period of time) Tags: declension-2, neuter Synonyms: aetās
    Sense id: en-aevum-la-noun-Bc-2AWKw Categories (other): Pages with entries, Age, Time Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 8 23 0 31 0 Disambiguation of Age: 20 47 24 9 0 Disambiguation of Time: 33 30 10 28 0
  3. (of a person) generation, lifetime, lifespan Tags: declension-2, neuter Synonyms: aetās
    Sense id: en-aevum-la-noun-aIOEGkHF
  4. (Medieval Latin, philosophy) aevum, aeviternity (the mean between time and eternity) Tags: Medieval-Latin, declension-2, neuter
    Sense id: en-aevum-la-noun-fNe1GFXe Categories (other): Medieval Latin, Philosophy, Pages with entries, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin neuter nouns in the second declension, Time Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 8 23 0 31 0 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 15 37 1 46 1 Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the second declension: 23 25 9 44 Disambiguation of Time: 33 30 10 28 0 Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: aequaevus, aetās, aeternus, aevus, coaevus, grandaevus, longaevus, magnaevus, prīmaevus
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: aevom [alternative], euum [alternative]
Head templates: {{head|la|noun form|head=aevum}} aevum
  1. accusative singular of aevus Tags: accusative, form-of, singular Form of: aevus
    Sense id: en-aevum-la-noun-fPs4X6gt
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "pos": "noun",
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          "eternity",
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          "agelessness",
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        [
          "timelessness",
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          "time",
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          "single",
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          "unified",
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        ],
        [
          "continuous",
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        ],
        [
          "limitless",
          "limitless#English"
        ],
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          "entity",
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          "infinite",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "age, era, term, duration (an undefined, particularly long period of time)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "age",
          "age"
        ],
        [
          "era",
          "era"
        ],
        [
          "term",
          "term"
        ],
        [
          "duration",
          "duration"
        ],
        [
          "undefined",
          "undefined#English"
        ],
        [
          "period",
          "period#English"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "aetās"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "generation, lifetime, lifespan"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "generation",
          "generation"
        ],
        [
          "lifetime",
          "lifetime"
        ],
        [
          "lifespan",
          "lifespan"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of a person) generation, lifetime, lifespan"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a person"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "aetās"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Medieval Latin",
        "la:Philosophy"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "aevum, aeviternity (the mean between time and eternity)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "philosophy",
          "philosophy"
        ],
        [
          "aevum",
          "aevum#English"
        ],
        [
          "aeviternity",
          "aeviternity"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Medieval Latin, philosophy) aevum, aeviternity (the mean between time and eternity)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Medieval-Latin",
        "declension-2",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "philosophy",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈae̯.wũː]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈɛː.vum]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "aevum"
}

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    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin non-lemma forms",
    "Latin noun forms",
    "Latin terms with redundant head parameter",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "la:Age",
    "la:Time"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "aevom",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "euum",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "noun form",
        "head": "aevum"
      },
      "expansion": "aevum",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "aevus"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "accusative singular of aevus"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "aevus",
          "aevus#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "form-of",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "aevum"
}

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