grandaevus

grandaevus, a, um, adj. [grandis aevum],

• in years, old, aged (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): Nereus, Verg. G. 4, 392: Alethes, id. A. 1, 121: Emathion, Ov. M. 5, 99: pater, id. ib. 8, 519: patres, id. ib. 7, 160: senes, Tac. H. 3, 33: manus, i.e. the Senate, Sil. 16, 653: alios (deos) esse grandaevos semperque canos, alios juvenes atque pueros, Plin. 2, 7, 5, § 17: apes, Verg. G. 4, 178: consilia, of an aged man, Val. Fl. 7, 348.

grandaevus, a, um (grandis u. aevum), hochbetagt, Tiresias, Lucil.: Nereus, Verg.: dii, Plin.: senes, Tac.: mulieres iam grandaevae, Amm.: gr. aetas, Aur. Vict. de Caes. 13, 11 u. epit. 41, 25. – übtr., gr. consilia, eines Hochbetagten, Val. Flacc. 7, 348. – ➳ Kompar. grandaevior, Vigil. Trident. epist. 2, 3 (Patrol. ed. Migne Tom. XIII. col. 553 C).

grandaevus [CL] , of great age (also as sb.); b (w. aetas). c mature, sober. ut qui coelo terraque non capitur ~i hominis gestetur totus in ulnis Bede Luke (ii 27) 344; tunc xl et unius annorum aetate, jam gnarus et ~us Hugeb. Will. 6; venerabilis vir ~us Byrht. V. Osw. 401; ~ae filiam, juniores sororem deplangunt Gosc. Edith 95; adeo contractus erat a nativitate ut ~a facie puer videretur reliquo corpore Ib. 293; jam ‥ ~us et fracte etatis homo Anselm (Ep. 86) III 211; eorum que in cuna positus infans egerat nunc ~um pudet Eadmer Beat. 8; miles ‥ ~us ‥ regis Anglie cancellarius Fortescue LLA intr. 14.  b viri ecclesiastici ‥ etatis ~e Meaux III 8.  c debent ‥ esse moribus ~i, fide constantes, sermone veridici Obed. Abingd. 416.

grandævus, (13) a, um (grandis, ævum), vieux, avancé en âge : Virg. G. 4, 392 ; Tac. H. 3, 33 ; grandæva manus Sil. 16, 653, troupe de vieillards [le sénat] ; consilia grandæva Val. Flacc. 7, 348, conseils de la vieillesse.

grandaevus , a, um. adj.
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grandaevus adj.

• grandis+aevum, in years, old, aged: Nereus, V.: pater, O.: senes, Ta.