perennans

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of perennō (“I keep, preserve, or last for a long time”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /peˈren.nans/, [pɛˈrɛnːä̃ːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /peˈren.nans/, [peˈrɛnːäns]

Participle

perennāns (genitive perennantis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. keeping or preserving long
2. lasting for many years, lasting, continuing, enduring
3. lasting for a year

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	perennāns			perennantēs	perennantia
Genitive	perennantis			perennantium
Dative	perennantī			perennantibus
Accusative	perennantem	perennāns		perennantēs perennantīs	perennantia
Ablative	perennante perennantī1			perennantibus
Vocative	perennāns			perennantēs	perennantia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Derived terms

• anniperennāns
• bienniperennāns

 

Descendants

• → Italian: perennante