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perennis

that lasts

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Where it lives

Commodus Antoninus 6 · 17.32/10k
Ordo Urbium Nobilium 1 · 9.56/10k
Cathemerina 6 · 8.15/10k
Eclogarum Liber 1 · 3.65/10k
Peristephanon Liber 5 · 2.85/10k
Amores 4 · 2.56/10k
De Paenitentia 1 · 2.45/10k
De Provinciis Consularibus In Senatu 1 · 1.95/10k
Remedia Amoris 1 · 1.91/10k
Octavia 1 · 1.91/10k
Elegiae 4 · 1.58/10k
Phaedra 1 · 1.41/10k

Densest 12 of 36 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. pĕrennis — Lewis & Short

pĕrennis († pĕremnis, Inscr. Ann. p. Chr. 341 ap. Guattani Monum. Inedit. 1, 5, p. 39), e (

I abl. sing. perenne, Ov. H. 8, 64; id. F. 3, 654), adj. per-annus, that lasts or continues the year through (post-Aug.): aves perennes, that remain with us all the year round, Plin. 10, 25, 36, § 73.—

II Transf., everlasting, never failing, unceasing, perpetual, perennial (class.; cf.: jugis, perpetuus): aquae, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107; cf. Liv. 1, 21, 3: fons, Caes. B. G. 8, 43: amnis, Liv. 4, 30: rivi, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 11: cursus stellarum, Cic. N. D. 2, 21, 56: vinum, i. e. that bears keeping, Col. 3, 2, 10: adamas, Ov. M. 15, 813: monumenta, id. F. 2, 265; of a person: super Astra ferar, id. M. 15, 875.—Comp.: exegi monumentum aere perennius, more lasting, more enduring, Hor. C. 3, 30, 1.—

B Trop., unfailing, uninterrupted, continual, perpetual, etc.: lucrum, Plaut. Am. p. 16: perennis et contestata majorum virtus, Cic. Fl. 11, 25: continuata motio et perennis, id. Tusc. 1, 10, 22: loquacitas, id. de Or. 3, 48, 185: animus in rem publicam, id. Prov. Cons. 9, 23.—Hence, adv., in two forms, pĕrenne (post-Aug.) and pĕrennĭter (post-class.).

A pĕrenne.

1 Lit., all the year through, Col. 12, 18, 2.—

2 Transf., constantly, perpetually (postclass.): abies perenne durabilis, Pall. 12, 15, 1: perenne vivax, Paul. Nol. Carm. 11, 68.—

B pĕrennĭter, constantly, continually, always, perpetually: arbor frondens perenniter, Aug. Doctr. Christ. 2, 16: perenniter servare amicitias, Sid. Ep. 7, 9; Cod. Th. 7, 20, 2; Sol. 65.

2. perennis — Walde–Hofmann

perennis (-mn- Fest. P 245) -e ,ein Jahr hindurch dauernd; immerwührend, dauerhaft“ (seit Enn. frg. var. 12 amnes perennés, Norden Priesterb. 166°]; perennitäs seit Plaut., perennö, -üre „währe ange“ seit Ov.; statt perenniservus Plt. ist vIm. perennis serve zu lesen, Frisk IF. 52,292): „per + annus (oben I 51); zu -mn- neben -nn- vgl. sollemnis neben -nn- (nach omnis?). pered s. eo I 409. perfidus s. fido I 494. … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. perennis, p. 1193]

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. perennis (scan p. 59; entry #618).
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. perennis (scan p. 1193; entry #1992).

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