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aetās age
aetās is a Latin Noun that primarily means age.
Definitions for aetās
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
period of life, life, age. an age, time
English derivatives:
eternal eternity
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
The number of years one has lived, one's age. (b) the appropriate age; suae ~atis, of full age. (c) the age (of plants and inan. things).
- 2
Period or time of life (infancy, youth, old age, etc.); mala ~as, old age; see MALVS. (b) (w. emphasis on what is expected of or appropriate to particular ages); also id ~is, hoc ~is, etc., at this (my, etc.) time of life.
- 3
(concr.) A person or persons of a particular age or period of life, an age group. (b) (w. ref to what is expected, etc.).
Sentences with aetās
Latin to English
Aetās longa saepe est difficilis.Compare A long life is often difficult.
Aetās difficilis potest esse beāta.Compare A difficult life can be happy.
Memoria dulcis aetātis mīlia hominum adiuvat.Compare The memory of a sweet period of life helps thousands of men.
Aetāte nostrā multī hominēs vītam in metū er servitūte agunt.Compare In our age many human beings pass their life in fear and slavery.
Hāc aetāte spēs nostrae ā hīs tribus tyrannīs tolluntur.Compare In this age our hopes are being destroyed by these three tyrants.
Aurea prima sata est aetas, quae vindice nullo, sponte sua, sine lege fidem rectumque colebat.Compare Golden was that first age, which, with no one to compel, without a law, of its own will, kept faith and did the right
Ambo florentes aetatibus, Arcade ambo, et cantare pares et respondere parati.Compare They were both in the flower of their youth, Arcadian, both ready to sing at the drop of a hat, or to take a tune up.
Ineunte enim adulescentia, cum est maxima imbecillitas consilii, tum id sibi quisque genus aetatis degendae constituit, quod maximi adamavit.Compare For it is in the years of early youth, when our judgment is most immature, that each of us decides that his calling in life shall be that which he has taken a special liking.
Declension table for aetās
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | aetās | aetātēs |
| Gen. | aetātis | aetātum |
| Dat. | aetātī | aetātibus |
| Acc. | aetātem | aetātēs |
| Abl. | aetāte | aetātibus |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 106.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 73.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 121.
Bibliography
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Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
Francese, Christopher. "Latin Core Vocabulary." Dickinson College Commentaries. Last modified 2014. http://dcc.dickinson.edu/latin-vocabulary-list.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "aetās, aetātis (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 24, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/interjection/aetas-aetatis.
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Wheelock's Latin
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