perpetuus
See also: Perpetuus
Latin
Etymology
From per- + petō + -uus. Compare perpes.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /perˈpe.tu.us/, [pɛrˈpɛt̪uʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /perˈpe.tu.us/, [perˈpɛːt̪uːs]
Adjective
perpetuus (feminine perpetua, neuter perpetuum, comparative perpetuior, superlative perpetuissimus, adverb perpetuē or perpetuō); first/second-declension adjective
- perpetual, everlasting, continuous, uninterrupted, constant, incessant, unbroken
- Synonyms: aeternus, perennis, assiduus, continuātus, diuturnus, continuus
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | perpetuus | perpetua | perpetuum | perpetuī | perpetuae | perpetua | |
| Genitive | perpetuī | perpetuae | perpetuī | perpetuōrum | perpetuārum | perpetuōrum | |
| Dative | perpetuō | perpetuō | perpetuīs | ||||
| Accusative | perpetuum | perpetuam | perpetuum | perpetuōs | perpetuās | perpetua | |
| Ablative | perpetuō | perpetuā | perpetuō | perpetuīs | |||
| Vocative | perpetue | perpetua | perpetuum | perpetuī | perpetuae | perpetua | |
Derived terms
- ad perpetuam
- ad perpetuum
- ēdictum perpetuum
- in perpetuō
- in perpetuum
- in perpetuum dīcam
- in perpetuum modum
- ōrātiō perpetua
- perpetuae vaccae
- perpetua fulmina
- perpetua historia
- perpetuālis (adjective)
- perpetuāliter
- perpetuālis (noun)
- perpetuārius
- perpetuārius colōnus
- perpetuē
- perpetuitās
- perpetuitō
- perpetuō (adverb)
- perpetuō (verb)
- perpetuābilis
- perpetuātae vaccae
- perpetuātiō
- perpetuum
- perpetuum fēnus
- Perpetuus
- perpetuus modus
- quaestiō perpetua
- sūmptūs perpetuī
Descendants
- → Catalan: perpetu
- → French: perpétuel
- → Italian: perpetuo
- → Portuguese: perpétuo
- → Romanian: perpetuu
- → Spanish: perpetuo
References
- “perpĕtŭus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- PERPETUUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- “perpetuus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- for ever: in perpetuum
- a continuous discourse: oratio perpetua
- current expenses: sumptus perpetui (Off. 2. 12. 42)
- simple interests: perpetuum fenus (Att. 5. 21. 13)
- the standing commissions of inquiry: quaestiones perpetuae (Brut. 27. 106)
- to say once for all: ut semel or in perpetuum dicam
- for ever: in perpetuum
- perpĕtŭus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, pages 1,156–1,157
- “perpetuus” on page 1,351 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
- perpetuus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 10.01.12) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016