sempervirens
See also: semper-virens
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From semper (“always”) + virēns (“flourishing, green”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /semˈper.u̯i.rens/, [s̠ɛmˈpɛru̯ɪrẽːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /semˈper.vi.rens/, [semˈpɛrvirens]
Adjective edit
sempervirēns (genitive sempervirentis); third-declension one-termination adjective
- always flourishing or vigorous
- (of plants) evergreen
- 1822, The Botanical Register, volume 8, page 643:
- Azedarach sempervirens et florens. [...] Ab Azedarach distincta est, nec pro varietate aestimari debet.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1925, Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, volume 15&16, page 205:
- Frutex sempervirens epiphyticus ad 30 cm. attingens, inflorescentia excepta glaber.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1936, Zesde Internationaal Botanisch Congres, Amsterdam, volume 1, page 138:
- Florae Batavae magnum ornamentum, planta solum in forma feminina ocurrens, [...] sempervirens et semperflorens, sonorica, [...]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension edit
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | sempervirēns | sempervirentēs | sempervirentia | ||
| Genitive | sempervirentis | sempervirentium | |||
| Dative | sempervirentī | sempervirentibus | |||
| Accusative | sempervirentem | sempervirēns | sempervirentēs | sempervirentia | |
| Ablative | sempervirentī | sempervirentibus | |||
| Vocative | sempervirēns | sempervirentēs | sempervirentia | ||