English → Latin
“incessant” in Latin
perpetuusperpetual, everlasting, continuous, uninterrupted, constant, incessant, unbroken; ablative of time: a duration of time, contineōto hold, keep, connect, contain, maintain; to hold or keep together/close; connect, surround; to keep in, enclose, boundcontinuuscontinuous, uninterrupted, successive, lasting; straight, in a row, whole; following one after another, successive, succassiduusconstant, regular, perpetual; unremitting, incessantperennisperennial; continual, everlasting, perpetualrīdeōto laugh; to laugh at, ridicule, mockincommodusinconvenient, unsuitable, unfit, unseasonable; troublesome, disagreeableimberrain; a storm; a stormcloud
The English word incessant itself goes back to Latin cessō, through incessāns.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
incessant
perpetuus (without intermission, continual; e.g., laughter, risus): continens: continuus (without interruption or break; immediately following one another; e.g., accidents, incommoda; work, labor): assiduus (PROP., continually present; hence of things that continue long; e.g., rains, imbres): perennis (litterally, lasting through years; hence perpetual). (The words are found in this connection and order.) perennis atque perpetuus (e.g., perennes atque perpetui cursus stellarum, Cic.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for incessant?
- The usual Latin words for “incessant” are perpetuus, contineō, continuus; also assiduus, perennis, rīdeō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.