longaevus
From LSJ
ἐπὶ ξυροῦ γὰρ ἀκμῆς ἔχεται ἡμῖν τὰ πρήγματα → our affairs are balanced on a razor's edge, our affairs are set upon the razor's edge
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
longaevus: a, um, adj. longus-aevum,
I of great age, aged, ancient (poet.): parens, Verg. A. 3, 169; cf. id. ib. 2, 525: senes, id. ib. 5, 715: caput, Prop. 4 (5), 1, 52: pons, Stat. Th. 10, 864: senecta, Prop. 2, 10, 47 (3, 5, 31): vetustas, Mart. Spect. 5.—
II Subst.: longaeva, ae, f., an old woman: cunctantem longaeva manu deducit, Ov. M. 10, 462.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
longævus,¹² a, um (longus, ævum), d’un grand âge, ancien : Virg. En. 3, 169 ; Stat. Th. 10, 864
