longaevitas

longaevĭtas, ātis, f. [longaevus],

• long life, longevity: corvorum, Macr. S. 7, 5: alicui longaevitatem indulgere, Ambros. de Caïn et Ab. 2, 10, § 37.

longaevitās, ātis, f. (longaevus), I) die langjährige Dauer, Langwierigkeit, peregrinationis huius, Ambros. de bono mort. 2. § 3. – II) insbes., die lange Lebensdauer, das lange Leben, corvorum, Macr. sat. 7, 5, 11: alci longaevitatem indulgere, Ambros. de Cain et Abel 2, 10. § 37.

longaevitas [LL] 1 (as attribute of person): a long life, longevity. b old age. a illi juniori ‥ speramus accessuram ~atem promissam Gosc. Transl. Mild. 30 p. 198; septima pars beatitudinis est ~as, miserie vero vite brevitas Simil. Anselmi 58; Mathusale ~as Hon. Eluc. 1172C; longe trans omnem antiquorum patrum ~atem ‥ mille et quingentis annis vitam produxit Gir. TH III 2 p. 142; ~as sine fine Edmund Spec. Relig. 87 (cf. Spec. Eccl. 87: longam vitam); propter ~atem Ade et filiorum ejus Bacon Maj. I 193 (cf. ib.: cum ‥ fuit [etas humana] tante longitudinis).  b adeo vel ~as vel ‥ abstinentia corpus attenuaverat W. Malm. Wulfst. III 22. 2 a long duration (of state of affairs). b (w. gen. vitae, or sim.) great length, or advanced stage (of life, etc.). c great length of time (also w. gen. temporis). a ~as nostre captivitatis Petrus Dial. 37; omnis ‥ diuturnitate simul et ~ate senescit et evanescit afflictio Gir. Ep. 4 p. 184.  b c800 Deus ‥ ~atem praesentis vitae non promisit Alcuin Ep. 295 p. 454; c801 [vestram prosperitatem] super ‥ vitae meae ~atem diligere me testor Ib. 211 p. 352; a940 (14c) pro redemptione anime mee et pro ~ate dierum meorum CS 785 p. 527; et etatis ~as et morbi diuturnitas curationis spem omnino denegare videbantur Mir. Fridesw. 12; imperatores ‥ qui ultra prescriptum anni jubilei numerum vite ~atem perduxissent Gir. GE II 8 p. 205.  c qua ~ate temporis falsa convincitur scriptura, quae dicit Eadburgem Athelberti ‥ esse filiam Gosc. Lib. Mild. tit. p. 68; 1268 temporis hujusmodi dies mali ‥ a primis ~ate discedunt Conc. Syn. 748; temporis longivitatem Fortescue NLN pref. p. 63.

longævĭtās, ātis, f. (longævus), longévité : Ambr. Bono mort. 2, 3 ; Macr. Sat. 7, 5, 11.