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|lshtext=<b>aeternus</b>: a, um, adj. contr. from [[aeviternus]], Varr. L. L. 6, § 11 Müll., from [[aevum]], [[with]] the [[termination]] -[[ternus]] as in [[sempiternus]], [[hesternus]],<br /><b>I</b> [[without]] [[beginning]] or [[end]], [[eternal]] ([[sempiternus]] denotes [[what]] is [[perpetual]], [[what]] exists as [[long]] as [[time]] endures, and keeps [[even]] [[pace]] [[with]] it; [[aeternus]], the [[eternal]], [[that]] [[which]] is [[raised]] [[above]] all [[time]], and can be [[measured]] [[only]] by œons (αἰῶνες, [[indefinite]] periods); for Tempus est [[pars]] quaedam aeternitatis, Cic. Inv. 1, 27, 39. Thus the [[sublime]] [[thought]], [[without]] [[beginning]] and [[end]], is [[more]] [[vividly]] suggested by [[aeternus]] [[than]] by [[sempiternus]], [[since]] the [[former]] has [[more]] [[direct]] [[reference]] to the [[long]] [[duration]] of the [[eternal]], [[which]] has [[neither]] [[beginning]] [[nor]] [[end]]. Sempiternus is [[rather]] a [[mathematical]], [[aeternus]] a [[metaphysical]], [[designation]] of [[eternity]], Doed. Syn. I. p. 3).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Of the [[past]] and [[future]], [[eternal]]: [[deus]] [[beatus]] et [[aeternus]], Cic. Fin. 2, 27, 88: [[nihil]] [[quod]] ortum [[sit]], aeternum esse potest, id. N. D. 1, 8: O Pater, o hominum rerumque aeterna Potestas, Verg. A. 10, 18: di [[semper]] fuerunt, nati [[numquam]] sunt, [[siquidem]] aeterni sunt futuri, Cic. N. D. 1, 32, 90: [[idem]] legis perpetuae et aeternae vim Jovem dicit esse, id. ib. 1, 15, 40: [[nomen]] Domini Dei aeterni, Vulg. Gen. 21, 33; ib. Rom. 16, 26: aeternum [[tempus]], Lucr. 1, 582: causae immutabiles eaeque aeternae, Cic. Fat. 12, 48. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Of the [[future]], [[everlasting]], [[endless]], [[immortal]]: [[natura]] animi ... [[neque]] [[nata]] [[certe]] est et aeterna est, Cic. Tusc. 1, 23: virorum bonorum mentes divinae mihi [[atque]] aeternae videntur esse, id. Rab. 29: aeternam timuerunt noctem, Verg. G. 1, 468: Quod [[semper]] movetur, aeternum est, Cic. Tusc. 1, 23: Quidquid est illud [[quod]] sentit ... caeleste et divinum ob eamque rem aeternum [[sit]], [[necesse]] est, id. ib. 1, 27: ut habeam vitam aeternam, Vulg. Matt. 19, 16; ib. Joan. 3, 15; ib. Rom. 2, 7: in [[sanguine]] testamenti aeterni, ib. Heb. 13, 20: tu [[Juppiter]] bonorum inimicos aeternis suppliciis vivos mortuosque mactabis, Cic. Cat. 2, 13: ibunt in [[supplicium]] aeternum, Vulg. Matt. 25, 46: aeternas poenas in morte timendumst, Lucr. 1, 111: mitti in ignem aeternum, Vulg. Matt. 18, 8.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> Of the [[past]]: ex [[aeterno]] tempore quaeque Nunc [[etiam]] superare necessest corpora rebus, from [[eternity]], Lucr. 1, 578: motum animorum nullo a [[principio]], sed ex [[aeterno]] tempore intellegi convenire, Cic. Fin. 1, 6.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>D</b> Spec. of objects of [[nature]], [[which]] the ancients regarded as [[stable]] and [[perpetual]], [[everlasting]], [[eternal]]: aeterna templa caeli, Poët. ap. Varr. L. L. 6, 11, p. 77 Müll.: aeternam [[lampada]] mundi, Lucr. 5, 402: micant aeterni sidera mundi, id. 5, 514: aeterna [[domus]], i. e. [[caelum]], Cic. Rep. 6, 23: [[donec]] veniret [[desiderium]] collium aeternorum, the [[everlasting]] hills, Vulg. Gen. 49, 26; ib. Ps. 75, 5; cf. ib. Ps. 103, 5.—<br /><b>II</b> [[Meton]]., of indef. [[long]] [[time]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Of the [[future]], [[lasting]], [[enduring]], [[everlasting]], [[perpetual]]: aeterni parietes, Plin. 35, 14, 49, § 172: [[dehinc]] [[spero]] aeternam [[inter]] nos gratiam [[fore]], Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 33: [[aeternus]] [[luctus]], Lucr. 3, 924: [[dolor]], id. 3, 1003: [[vulnus]], id. 2, 369; so Verg. A. 1, 36: [[aerumna]], Cic. Sen. 34: [[mala]], Verg. Cul. 130: [[bellum]], Cic. Cat. 4, 22: [[dedecus]], id. Font. 88: [[imperium]], id. Rab. 33; so Verg. A. 1, 230: versūs, Lucr. 1, 121: [[ignis]] sacerdotis, Cic. Font. 47: [[gloria]], id. Cat. 4, 21: [[laus]], id. Planc. 26: [[memoria]], id. Verr. 4, 69: non dubitat Lentulum aeternis tenebris vinculisque mandare, id. Cat. 4, 10.—Comic.: [[spero]] me ob hunc nuntium aeternum adepturum cibum, Plaut. Capt. 4, 1, 13. Esp. of [[Rome]]: aeterna [[urbs]], the Eternal City, Tib. 2, 5, 23; Ov. F. 3, 72; Cod. Th. 10, 16, 1; Symm. Ep. 3, 55; Inscr. Orell. 2, 1140.—Comp.: nec est ulli ligno aeternior [[natura]]. Plin. 14, 1, 2, § 9: aeterniora [[mala]], Lact. Epit. 9.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Of the [[past]], of [[yore]], of old: ablue [[corpus]] alluvii aeternisque sordibus squalidum, Curt. 4, 1, 22.—<br /><b>III</b> Adv. phrases.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; in aeter-num.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Lit., forever, [[everlastingly]]: et vivat in aeternum, Vulg. Gen. 3, 22: hoc [[nomen]] mihi est in aeternum, ib. Exod. 3, 15: Dominus in aeternum permanet, ib. Psa. 9, 8: vivet in aeternum, ib. Joan. 6, 52: Tu es [[sacerdos]] in aeternum, ib. Heb. 5, 6: non habebit remissionem in aeternum, ib. Marc. 3, 29.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> [[Meton]]., of indef. [[long]] [[time]], forever, [[always]]: [[urbs]] in aeternum condita, Liv. 4, 4: leges in aeternum latae, id. 34, 6: (proverbia) durant in aeternum, Quint. 5, 11, 41: delatores non in [[praesens]] [[tantum]], sed in aeternum repressisti, Plin. [[Pan]]. 35: (famulos) possidebitis in aeternum, Vulg. Lev. 25, 46: ([[servus]]) serviet [[tibi]] [[usque]] in aeternum, ib. Deut. 15, 17: ut sceleris [[memoria]] maneat in aeternum, Lact. 1, 11.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; aeternum.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Lit., forever: sedet aeternumque sedebit Infelix [[Theseus]], Verg. A. 6, 617: ut aeternum illum reciperes, Vulg. Phil. 15 (prob. here an adv.).—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> [[Meton]]., of indef. [[long]] [[time]], forever, [[always]]: serviet aeternum, Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 41.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> Of [[what]] is [[continually]] [[repeated]], [[constantly]], [[again]] and [[again]] (as in colloq. Engl., [[everlastingly]], [[eternally]]): glaebaque versis Aeternum frangenda bidentibus, Verg. G. 2, 400: [[ingens]] [[janitor]] Aeternum latrans (of [[Cerberus]]), id. A. 6, 401.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; aeternō, meton., of indef. [[long]] [[time]], forever, [[perpetually]]: viret [[aeterno]] hunc fontem igneum contegens [[fraxinus]], Plin. 2, 107, 111, § 240: BVSTA TVTA AETERNO MANEANT, Inscr. Orell. 4517.

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|georg=aeternus, a, um, Adj. m. Compar. (zsgz. aus [[aeviternus]] v. [[aevum]], s. [[Varr]]. LL. 6, 11. Prisc. 2, 62), [[ewig]], I) im engern Sinne: [[deus]], Cic.: causae, Cic.: [[tempus]], Cic.: u. so [[res]] ab [[aeterno]] tempore fluentes in [[aeternum]], [[von]] [[Ewigkeit]] zu [[Ewigkeit]], Cic. – II) im weitern Sinne, a) [[ewig]] = [[ewig]] dauernd, [[von]] [[Ewigkeit]] her, [[unsterblich]], [[unvergänglich]], [[nie]] erlöschend, [[unzerstörbar]], [[unvertilgbar]], [[unverwelklich]], [[auch]] = [[beständig]], fortwährend (s. [[Krebs]]-Schmalz Antib. Bd. 1. S. 122. Aufl. 7), [[nix]], Sen. nat. qu. 4, 11, 5: [[tenebrae]] vinculaque, Cic.: [[bellum]], Cic.: hostes, Liv.: [[servitus]], Tac.: [[imperium]], Curt.: [[silentium]], Cic.: [[gloria]], Cic.: [[aerumna]], Cic.: [[sollicitudo]], Sall.: consilia, ins Unendliche gehend, Hor.: [[sordes]], [[von]] [[Ewigkeit]] her, Curt. 4, 1 (4), 22 H. ([[Vogel]] tetrae): [[constitutio]], Curt.: [[pro]] mortalibus gloriā aeterni, Unsterbliche geworden, Sall.: [[urbs]] (= [[Roma]]), Tibull. 2, 5, 23 u. Spät.: [[domus]], [[Grabmal]], Corp. inscr. Lat. 1, 1008: [[aeterno]] devinctos amoris vulnere, Lucr., od. amore, Verg.: aeternior [[natura]] (ligni), Plin.: aeterniora [[mala]], Lact.: neutr. plur. subst., aeterna moliri, unsterbliche Taten, Cic. – Dah. die adverb. Ausdrr.: α) in [[aeternum]], [[auf]] [[ewig]], [[auf]] [[immer]], Liv. u.a. – β) [[aeternum]], [[auf]] [[ewig]], [[auf]] [[immer]], Lucr., Verg., Hor., Hyg. fr. u. Tac. – od. [[immer]] und [[ewig]], [[immer]] [[wieder]], [[ohne]] Aufhören, Verg. u. Tac. – γ) [[aeterno]], [[ewig]], [[unaufhörlich]], Ov. u. Plin. – b) [[ewig]] = [[ewig]] im [[Gedächtnis]] fortdauernd, unsterblichen Namens, [[Pergama]], Verg.: [[virtus]] clara aeternaque habetur, Sall. – / Genet. Plur. synk., aeternûm humanûm (= deorum hominumque) [[sator]], Pacuv. tr. 295. – arch. urspr. [[Form]] [[aeviternus]], s. [[bes]].

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