aequaevus

Latin

Etymology

aequus (“equal”) +‎ aevum

Pronunciation

Adjective

aequaevus (feminine aequaeva, neuter aequaevum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. just as old, of equal age, equal-lived, coeval
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 2.560–562:
      “[...] Subiit cārī genitōris imāgō,
      ut rēgem aequaevum crūdēlī volnere vīdī,
      vītam exhālantem [...].”
      “[...] The thought of my dear father came to mind, when I saw the king – [who was] just as old – with a cruel wound, exhaling his life[’s breath]....”

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative aequaevus aequaeva aequaevum aequaevī aequaevae aequaeva
Genitive aequaevī aequaevae aequaevī aequaevōrum aequaevārum aequaevōrum
Dative aequaevō aequaevō aequaevīs
Accusative aequaevum aequaevam aequaevum aequaevōs aequaevās aequaeva
Ablative aequaevō aequaevā aequaevō aequaevīs
Vocative aequaeve aequaeva aequaevum aequaevī aequaevae aequaeva

References
  • “aequaevus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “aequaevus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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