perpetuus, perpetua, perpetuum

Definitions for perpetuus

Wheelock's Latin

Adjective

1
perpetual, lasting, uninterrupted, continuous
English derivatives:
perpetuate perpetuity

Oxford Latin Dictionary

Adjective

1
(of a single thing) Having an unbroken extent or expanse, continuous in space. (b) (of a number of things) placed at regular intervals throughout the length of anything. (c) the whole of (anything) measured from end to end, the entire. (d) (transf.) complete, entire; from top to toe, completely.
2
(of a process, state, etc.) Continuing without interruption, continuous, unremitting. (b) constantly recurring or renewed, continued. (c) the whole duration of, the entire (period). (d) for the whole course of a given period.
3
(of speech, writing) Continuous, connected. (b) the whole of (a speech, etc.) from beginning to end.
4
Continuing for an indefinite period, lasting, permanent. (b) (of things normally subject to seasonal changes). (c) for an indefinite period, permanently, in perpetuity.
5
(in various special applications); (a) (leg., of rights, etc.) having no time limit. (b) a standing court which dealt, from 149 B.C., with extortion, and later other serious crimes. (c) edictum ~um, the statement of legal principles observed by a praetor during his tenure of office and passed to his successor; (spec.) the digest of the edicts of the praetor urbanus made by Salvius Julianus under Hadrian. (d) (of interest on a loan, app.) simple (opp. compound).

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Sentences with perpetuus

Latin to English

Ōtium in patriā vestrā nōn potest esse perpetuum.Compare The peace in your (pl.) country cannot be perpetual.

Pāx nōn potest esse perpetua.Compare Peace cannot be perpetual.

Nobi cum semel occidit brevis lux, nox est perpetua una dormienda.Compare For us when once our brief light has set, one eternal night must be slept.

Si sine uxore pati possemus, Quirites, omnes ea molestia careremus; sed quoniam ita natura tradidit, ut nec cum illis satis commode, nec sine illis ullo modo vivi possit, saluti perpetuae potius quam brevi voluptati consulendum.Compare Could we dispense with wives, Romans, we would have one nuisance less. However, since nature has decreed that we cannot live comfortably with them and without them not at all, we should look rather to our long-term welfare than to our short-term pleasure. [Quotation from a speech by Quintus Metellus Numidicus, consul 109 B.C.]

Apelli fuit alioqui perpetua consuetudo numquam tam occupatum diem agendi, ut non lineam ducendo exerceret artem.Compare It was a regular custom with Apelles never to let a day of business be so fully occupied that he did not practice his art by drawing at least a line. [Origin of the proverb Nulla dies sine linea - "No day without a line."]

Iustitia est constans et perpetua voluntas ius suum cuique tribuendi. (Instituiones, I, 1)Compare Justice is the set and constant purpose which gives every man his due. (Tr. Moyle, 1883)

Perpetuus nulli datur usus, et heres heredem alterius velut unda supervenit undam.Compare No one is given perpetual occupation—heir follows heir as wave follows wave.

Data sources

Notes

Definitions
Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 39.
P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1351.
Word frequencies
Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 126.

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Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.

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Citation

Chicago (17th ed.)

Allo Contributors. "perpetuus, perpetua, perpetuum (adj.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified September 17, 2023. Accessed November 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/perpetuus-perpetua-perpetuum.