perennans
Latin
Etymology
Present active participle of perennō (“I keep, preserve, or last for a long time”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pɛˈrɛn.nãːs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [peˈrɛn.nans]
Participle
perennāns (genitive perennantis); third-declension one-termination participle
- keeping or preserving long
- lasting for many years, lasting, continuing, enduring
- lasting for a year
Declension
Third-declension participle.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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