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perpetuus
perpetuus
Latin
Adjective
perpetuus m (feminine perpetua, neuter perpetuum); first/second declension
Inflection
First/second declension.
| 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 | |
Related terms
Descendants
- French: perpétuel, perpétuelle
- Spanish: perpetuo, perpetua
References
- perpetuus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- perpetuus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- PERPETUUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “perpetuus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (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
- perpetuus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016