The corpus record — Latin

grandaevĭtas

agedness

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What it meant

1. grandaevitas — de Vaan

grandaevitas 'agedness' (Pac, Ace), grandaevus 'of great age' (Lucil.+);pergrandis Very large' (PL+), pergrandescere 'to grow very large' (Ace), praegrandis 'exceptionally large' (Pac.+), vegrandis 'far from large' (PL+). WH and IEW connect Gr. βρένΰος 'pride' and OCS grgdb 'breast' < *gra/ond-i-. Yet Latin grand- cannot be explained from a root *gwhrndh-, and the semantic connection — [de Vaan, s.v. grandaevitas, p. 284]

2. grandaevĭtas — Lewis & Short

grandaevĭtas, ātis, f.grandaevus,

I great age, longevity (ante-class.), Pac. and Att. ap. Non. 116, 12 sq. (Pac. Fragm. Trag. v. 162; Att. Fragm. Trag. v. 68, 245 Rib.).

Where it came from

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