grandaevus, grandaeva, grandaevum:
Adjective · 1st declension · variant: 1st · comparison: positive
- Frequency:
- Lesser
of great age, old;
Inflections
positive
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | grandaevus | grandaevi |
| Gen. | grandaevi | grandaevorum |
| Dat. | grandaevo | — |
| Acc. | grandaevum | grandaevos |
| Voc. | grandaeve | grandaevi |
| Abl. | grandaevo | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | grandaeva | grandaevae |
| Gen. | grandaevae | grandaevarum |
| Dat. | grandaevae | — |
| Acc. | grandaevam | grandaevas |
| Voc. | grandaeva | grandaevae |
| Abl. | grandaeva | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | grandaevum | grandaeva |
| Gen. | grandaevi | grandaevorum |
| Dat. | grandaevo | — |
| Acc. | grandaevum | grandaeva |
| Voc. | grandaevum | grandaeva |
| Abl. | grandaevo | — |
Examples
Aeneid I
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...fortis Achati, et qua vectus Abas, et qua grandaevus Aletes, vicit hiems; laxis laterum compagibus omnes accipiunt inimicum..."Liber IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...revisit Pallenen, hunc et Nymphae veneramur et ipse grandaevus Nereus; novit namque omnia vates, quae sint, quae fuerint..."Metamorphoses V
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...Clymeni, Prothoenora percutit Hypseus, Hypsea Lyncides. fuit et grandaevus in illis Emathion, aequi cultor timidusque deorum, qui, quoniam..."