Latin

Verb

permaneō ‎(present infinitive permanēre, perfect active permansī, supine permansum); second conjugation

1. I stay to the end, hold out, endure; last, survive, continue.
2. I persist, persevere.
3. I devote my life to, live by.

Inflection

• This verb has only limited passive conjugation; only third-person passive forms are attested in surviving sources.

Derived terms

• permansiō

Related terms

Descendants

• Italian: permanere
• Old French: parmaindre
• Portuguese: permanecer
• Spanish: permanecer

References

• permaneo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• permaneo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “permaneo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to abide by, persist in one's opinion: in sententia manere, permanere, perseverare, perstare
    
  • (ambiguous) to persevere in one's resolve: in proposito susceptoque consilio permanere
    
  • (ambiguous) to remain in subjection: in officio manere, permanere