English → Latin
“unceasing” in Latin
perpetuusperpetual, everlasting, continuous, uninterrupted, constant, incessant, unbroken; ablative of time: a duration of time, continuuscontinuous, uninterrupted, successive, lasting; straight, in a row, whole; following one after another, successive, succcontineōto hold, keep, connect, contain, maintain; to hold or keep together/close; connect, surround; to keep in, enclose, boundassiduusconstant, regular, perpetual; unremitting, incessantrīdeōto laugh; to laugh at, ridicule, mockincommodusinconvenient, unsuitable, unfit, unseasonable; troublesome, disagreeableimberrain; a storm; a stormcloud
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
unceasing
perpetuus (continued to the end without any break; e.g., risus): continuus: continens (hanging together; one following another without any intermission; e.g., incommoda: labor): assiduus (constantly going on; e.g., imbres).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for unceasing?
- The usual Latin words for “unceasing” are perpetuus, continuus, contineō; also assiduus, rīdeō, incommodus. 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.