Significatio vocis aetas | Babel Free

Definitiones

1. the period of a life: lifetime, lifespan
   declension-3
2. time of life, period or stage of life, age
   declension-3
3. an undefined, relatively long period of time: an age, an era, a term, a duration
   declension-3
4. a generation
   declension-3, metonymically

Aequivalentia

Exempla

“Numquam igitur satis dignē laudārī philosophia poterit, cui quī pāreat, omne tempus aetātis sine molestiā possit dēgere.”

Therefore, philosophy can never be praised as highly as she deserves, since he who obeys her is able to pass through every stage of life without distress.

“Nam ut cuiusque studium ex aetāte flāgrābat, aliīs scorta praebēre, aliīs canēs atque equōs mercārī.”

As the passions of each, according to his years, appeared excited, he furnished mistresses to some, bought horses and dogs for others.

“et monet aetātis speciē, dum flōreat, ūtī;”

And she urges [us] to indulge in the sight of [young] age, while [it is] still in bloom: The thorn is despised when the roses have fallen. (“She” is Flora (mythology).)

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