perpes

Latin

Etymology

From per- +‎ petō +‎ -s. Compare perpetuus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

perpes (genitive perpetis); third-declension one-termination adjective

  1. continuous, uninterrupted, continual, perpetual

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative perpes perpetēs —
genitive perpetis perpetium
dative perpetī perpetibus
accusative perpetem perpes perpetēs —
ablative perpetī perpetibus
vocative perpes perpetēs —

References

  • “perpes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “perpes”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) to be ready to endure anything: omnia perpeti paratum esse
  • 3rd Declension Adjectives: Case Forms of Consonant Stems in Meagan Ayer, Allen and Greenough’s New Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges. Carlisle, Pennsylvania: Dickinson College Commentaries, 2014.

Middle English

Noun

perpes

  1. alternative form of porpeys
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