Latin edit

Etymology edit

From per- +‎ petō. Compare perpetuus.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

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

  1. continuous, uninterrupted, continual, perpetual

Declension edit

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender 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 edit

  • 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 edit

Noun edit

perpes

  1. Alternative form of porpeys