aeternus

== Latin == === Alternative forms === ēternus (Medieval Latin, Merovingian) === Etymology === For older aeviternus, from aevum, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyu- (“long time, lifetime”). Morphologically, equivalent to aetās +‎ -rnus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ae̯ˈtɛr.nʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [eˈtɛr.nus] === Adjective === aeternus (feminine aeterna, neuter aeternum, adverb aeternō); first/second-declension adjective abiding, lasting, permanent, perpetual Synonyms: perennis, assiduus, continuātus, perpetuus, diuturnus Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Hercules Furens: Non prata viridi laeta facie germinant,/nec adulta leni fluctuat Zephyro seges;/non ulla ramos silva pomiferos habet;/sterilis profundi vastitas squalet soli/et foeda tellus torpet aeterno situ— rerumque maestus finis et mundi ultima. "No meadows bud, joyous with verdant, / mature waves in the gentle west wind, nor crop; / there is no grove of fruit bearing branches to regard; / barren: and the abysmal fields lie all untilled, / and the foul land lies torpid in abiding sufferance- sad end of things, and the world 's last." endless, eternal immortal Synonym: immortālis ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== ab aeternō aeternālis aeternitās aeternō ==== Related terms ==== aetās ==== Descendants ==== === Further reading === “aeternus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “aeternus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “aeternus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.