perennis

Latin

Alternative forms

• peremnis
• perhennis (Mediaeval)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /peˈren.nis/, [pɛˈrɛnːɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /peˈren.nis/, [peˈrɛnːis]

Adjective

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

1. perennial
2. continual, everlasting, perpetual

   Synonyms: aeternus, assiduus, continuātus, perpetuus, continuus, diuturnus

Declension

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

• perennitās
• perenniter
• perennō

Descendants

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

References

• “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