perennis

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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per- (throughout) +‎ annus ([the] year)

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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perennis (neuter perenne, adverb perenne); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. perennial
  2. continual, everlasting, perpetual
    Synonyms: aeternus, assiduus, continuātus, perpetuus, continuus, diuturnus

Declension

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Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative perennis perenne perennēs perennia
Genitive perennis perennium
Dative perennī perennibus
Accusative perennem perenne perennēs
perennīs
perennia
Ablative perennī perennibus
Vocative perennis perenne perennēs perennia

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Catalan: perenne
  • French: pérenne
  • Galician: perenne
  • Italian: perenne
  • Portuguese: perene
  • Romanian: peren
  • Spanish: perenne

References

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  • perennis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • perennis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • perennis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • a perpetual spring: aqua iugis, perennis
  • perennis”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • perennis”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray