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- noun philosophy the mean between time and eternity; the state of being of the angels and saints in heaven
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“Tempo e aevum in Enrico di G.nd e G.ovanni Duns Scoto,” in G. Alliney/L. Cova, eds.,
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Quos amor Christi peperit, triumphis nos fac adiungi socios per aevum, atque Dilecto simul affluenter pangere laudes.
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Mors sine morte, finis sine fine; a finger burnt by chance we may not endure, the pain is so grievous, we may not abide an hour, a night is intolerable; and what shall this unspeakable fire then be that burns for ever, innumerable infinite millions of years, in omne aevum in aeternum.
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In Latin textbooks of history the term medium aevum had existed for more than a century; Hornius had made it a subdivision of historia nova (moderna), and Cel - larius had presented his Historia universalis as in antiquam et medii aevi ac novam divisa (Jena, 1696).
PERIODIZATION IN HISTORY DIETRICH GERHARD 1968
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Page 478, Volume 3 mantics who applied to these centuries their new idea of historical individuality, and the medium aevum became the “Middle Ages” (Mittelalter, Moyen Age).
PERIODIZATION IN HISTORY DIETRICH GERHARD 1968
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'Forte meum siquis te percontabitur aevum, me quater undenos sciat inplevisse Decembris collegam Lepidum quo duxit Lollius anno.'
The Student's Companion to Latin Authors Thomas Ross Mills
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The word "aye," meaning _always_ (and pronounced as in "day"; connected with Gr. [Greek: aei], always, and Lat. _aevum_, an age), is often spelt "ay," and the _New English Dictionary_ prefers this.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Various
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The frequent use of _mortales_ for _homines_, _aevum_ for
C. Sallusti Crispi De Bello Catilinario Et Jugurthino 86 BC-34? BC Sallust
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_Aevum_, in the sense of _aetas_, is rather poetical, and does not occur till a rather late period; whence the common expression _medium aevum_, 'the middle ages,' is not exactly in accordance with the best Latinity.
C. Sallusti Crispi De Bello Catilinario Et Jugurthino 86 BC-34? BC Sallust
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In the same chapters he discusses the meaning of the term aevum.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913
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