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aetate

aetate is a Latin form of aetas, meaning “age, lifetime”. It is the ablative singular feminine noun.

Found 512 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 6.18.3: In reliquis vitae institutis hoc fere ab reliquis differunt, quod suos liberos, nisi cum adoleverunt, ut munus militiae sustinere possint, palam ad se adire non patiuntur filiumque puerili aetate in publico in conspectu patris adsistere turpe ducunt.

Plautus, Amphitruo 2.2.633: Satín parva rés est volúptatum in víta atque in aétate agúnda

Boethius, De consolatione philosophiae 2.P7: … i diuersitate tum commercii insolentia non modo fama hominum singulorum sed ne urbium quidem peruenire queat. Aetate denique Marci Tullii, sicut ipse quodam loco significat, nondum Caucasum montem Romanae rei publicae fama tra …

All forms of aetas (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.