perennis

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /peˈren.nis/, [pɛˈrɛn.nɪs]

Adjective

perennis (neuter perenne); third declension

  1. perennial
  2. continual, everlasting, perpetual

Declension

Third declension.

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

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, 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 Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
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