permaneo

Latin

Etymology

    From per- (“through”) +‎ maneō (“I remain”). Related to and synonymous with Ancient Greek δῐᾰμένω (dĭăménō).

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    permaneō (present infinitive permanēre, perfect active permānsī, supine permānsum); second conjugation, no passive

    1. to stay to the end, hold out
    2. to last, continue, remain, endure, abide
      • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 5.33:
        hic status in caelō multōs permānsit in annōs
        This state [of things] in heaven endured for many years
    3. to survive, outlive
    4. to persist, persevere
      Synonyms: aeternō, persevērō, persistō
    5. to devote one's life to, live by

    Conjugation

    • This verb has only limited passive conjugation; only third-person passive forms are attested in surviving sources.
       Conjugation of permaneō (second conjugation, no passive)
    indicative singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present permaneō permanēs permanet permanēmus permanētis permanent
    imperfect permanēbam permanēbās permanēbat permanēbāmus permanēbātis permanēbant
    future permanēbō permanēbis permanēbit permanēbimus permanēbitis permanēbunt
    perfect permānsī permānsistī permānsit permānsimus permānsistis permānsērunt,
    permānsēre
    pluperfect permānseram permānserās permānserat permānserāmus permānserātis permānserant
    future perfect permānserō permānseris permānserit permānserimus permānseritis permānserint
    subjunctive singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present permaneam permaneās permaneat permaneāmus permaneātis permaneant
    imperfect permanērem permanērēs permanēret permanērēmus permanērētis permanērent
    perfect permānserim permānserīs permānserit permānserīmus permānserītis permānserint
    pluperfect permānsissem permānsissēs permānsisset permānsissēmus permānsissētis permānsissent
    imperative singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present — permanē — — permanēte —
    future — permanētō permanētō — permanētōte permanentō
    non-finite forms infinitive participle
    active passive active passive
    present permanēre — permanēns —
    future permānsūrum esse — permānsūrus —
    perfect permānsisse — — —
    perfect potential permānsūrum fuisse — — —
    verbal nouns gerund supine
    genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
    permanendī permanendō permanendum permanendō permānsum permānsū

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Italian: permanere
    • Old French: parmaindre
    • Vulgar Latin: *permanēscō

    References

    • “permaneo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “permaneo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • permaneo 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 abide by, persist in one's opinion: in sententia manere, permanere, perseverare, perstare
      • (ambiguous) to persevere in one's resolve: in proposito susceptoque consilio permanere
      • (ambiguous) to remain in subjection: in officio manere, permanere
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