aequaevus

Latin

Etymology

aequus (“equal”) +‎ aevum

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ae̯ˈkʷae̯.u̯us/, [äe̯ˈkʷäe̯u̯ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈkwe.vus/, [eˈkwɛːvus]

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.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	aequaevus	aequaeva	aequaevum		aequaevī	aequaevae	aequaeva
genitive	aequaevī	aequaevae	aequaevī		aequaevōrum	aequaevārum	aequaevōrum
dative	aequaevō	aequaevae	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