Latin

Adjective

longaevus m ‎(feminine longaeva, neuter longaevum); first/second declension

1. Of a great age, aged, ancient; longevitous.
   • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Exodus.20.12

     Honora patrem tuum et matrem tuam ut sis longaevus super terram quam Dominus Deus tuus dabit tibi.

     Honour thy father and thy mother, that you may be long lived upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

Inflection

First/second declension.

Derived terms

• longaeva
• longaevitās

Related terms

References

• longaevus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• longaevus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “longaevus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.