Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary

I. Lit.

A. In gen., uninterrupted, never-ending time, eternity; per aevom, Lucr. 1, 634; 1, 950 al.—Hence of the future: “in aevum,” for all time, Hor. C. 4, 14, 3; so Plin. 35, 2, 2, and Vulg. Eccli. 41, 16: “nos peribimus in aevum,” ib. Bar. 3, 3.—

B. Esp., in a more restricted sense of a definite time, period, lifetime, life, age: aevom agitare, Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 2, 3 (Ann. v. 308 Vahl.): in armis aevom agere, Pac. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 21, 49 (Trag. Rel. p. 110 Rib.); so, aevom degere, Lucr. 5, 1439: “consumere,” id. 5, 1430: meum si quis te percontabitur aevum, my age or time of life, Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 26: “aevum omne et breve et fragile est,” Plin. Pan. 78, 2: flos aevi, the bloom of life (cf. aetas, I.), Ov. M. 9, 435: “integer aevi,” Verg. A. 9, 255: “primum aevum,” Val. Fl. 7, 338.—Also (like aetas, q. v. I.) for old age: “aevo confectus,” Verg. A. 11, 85: “obsitus aevo,” id. ib. 8, 307: “annis aevoque soluti,” Ov. M. 8, 712.—

II. Transf.

A. Age or generation, Ov. P. 1, 3, 83: “ter aevo functus (of Nestor),” Hor. C. 2, 9, 13: “ingenia nostri aevi,” Vell. 2, 36: “in nostro aevo,” Plin. 2, 25, 23, § 92: “nostro aevo,” id. 2, 13, 10, § 57: “simulacrum tot aevis incorruptum,” id. 14, 1, 2, § 9.—Hence,

B. The men living in the same age (cf. aetas, II. C.): “de quibus consensus aevi judicaverit,” Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 72.—

C. In a wider sense, time, in gen.: “vitiata dentibus aevi omnia,” Ov. M. 15, 235: “quae per tantum aevi occulta,” Tac. A. 16, 1.