LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbsecond conjugation

permaneō

permaneō (present infinitive permanēre, perfect active permānsī, supine permānsum)
Classical[pɛrˈma.ne.oː]Ecclesiastical[perˈmaː.ne.o]

Meaning

  1. to stay to the end, hold out
  2. to last, continue, remain, endure, abide, persist, persevere
    hic status in caelō multōs permānsit in annōsThis state [of things] in heaven endured for many years8 CE, Ovidius, Fasti 5.33
    Hoc habent inter cētera bonī mōrēs: placent sibi, permanent. Levis est malitia; saepe mūtātur, nōn in melius sed in aliud.This, among other things, is a feature of good morals: they are their own satisfaction, [and] they endure. Wickedness is fickle; it is often changeable, not for the better but into something different. (Translating more literally for the sake of the third-person plural placent and permanent; however, boni mores can also be understood as the combination of traits that make up someone’s good character: it endures.)c. 4 BCE – 65 CE, Seneca Minor, Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium 47.21
  3. to survive, outlive
  4. to devote one's life to, live by

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Conjugation conjugation 2

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.permaneōpermanēbampermanēbōpermānsīpermānserampermānserō
2nd sg.permanēspermanēbāspermanēbispermānsistīpermānserāspermānseris
3rd sg.permanetpermanēbatpermanēbitpermānsitpermānseratpermānserit
1st pl.permanēmuspermanēbāmuspermanēbimuspermānsimuspermānserāmuspermānserimus
2nd pl.permanētispermanēbātispermanēbitispermānsistispermānserātispermānseritis
3rd pl.permanentpermanēbantpermanēbuntpermānsērunt
permānsēre
permānserantpermānserint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.permaneampermanērempermānserimpermānsissem
2nd sg.permaneāspermanērēspermānserīspermānsissēs
3rd sg.permaneatpermanēretpermānseritpermānsisset
1st pl.permaneāmuspermanērēmuspermānserīmuspermānsissēmus
2nd pl.permaneātispermanērētispermānserītispermānsissētis
3rd pl.permaneantpermanērentpermānserintpermānsissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.permaneorpermanēbarpermanēbor
2nd sg.permanēris
permanēre
permanēbāris
permanēbāre
permanēberis
permanēbere
3rd sg.permanēturpermanēbāturpermanēbitur
1st pl.permanēmurpermanēbāmurpermanēbimur
2nd pl.permanēminīpermanēbāminīpermanēbiminī
3rd pl.permanenturpermanēbanturpermanēbuntur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.permanearpermanērer
2nd sg.permaneāris
permaneāre
permanērēris
permanērēre
3rd sg.permaneāturpermanērētur
1st pl.permaneāmurpermanērēmur
2nd pl.permaneāminīpermanērēminī
3rd pl.permaneanturpermanērentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.permanēpermanēre
pres. 2nd pl.permanētepermanēminī
fut. 2nd sg.permanētōpermanētor
fut. 3rd sg.permanētōpermanētor
fut. 2nd pl.permanētōte—
fut. 3rd pl.permanentōpermanentor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivepermanērepermanērī
perfect infinitivepermānsissepermānsum esse
future infinitivepermānsūrum essepermānsum īrī
present participlepermanēns—
perfect participle—permānsus
future participlepermānsūrus
permānsūra, permānsūrā, permānsūrae, permānsūram, permānsūrārum, permānsūrās, permānsūre, permānsūrī, permānsūrīs, permānsūrō, permānsūrōrum, permānsūrōs, permānsūrum
permanendus
gerundpermanendī, permanendō, permanendumsupinepermānsum, permānsū

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

in officio manere, permanere
to remain in subjection.
in proposito susceptoque consilio permanere
to persevere in one's resolve.
in sententia manere, permanere, perseverare, perstare
to abide by, persist in one's opinion.

per-mănĕo, mansi, mansum, 2, v. n.,
I. to stay to the end; to hold out, last, continue, endure, remain; to persist, persevere (class.; syn.: persto, persevero).
(a). Absol.: ut quam maxime permaneant diuturna corpora, Cic. Tusc. 1, 45, 108; id. Fin. 2, 27, 87: ira tam permansit diu, Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 25; Sall. J. 5, 5: Athenis jam ille mos a Cecrope permansit, Cic. Leg. 2, 25, 63.—With ad: verris octo mensium incipit salire: permanet, ut id recte facere possit, ad trimum, Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 8: perdiuturna, permanens ad longinquum et immensum paene tempus, Cic. N. D. 2, 33, 85; so, ad posteros nostros, Decret. Tergest. 2, 26: solus ad extremos permanet ille rogos, Ov. A. A. 2, 120: ad numerum, Cic. N. D. 1, 37, 105.— With in and acc.: ultima quae mecum seros permansit in annos, Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 73.— With adv. quo: quo neque permaneant animae neque corpora nostra, Lucr. 1, 122; v. Lachm. ad h. l.—
(b). With in and abl.: Seleucus in maritimā orā permanens, Liv. 37, 21: in voluntate, Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 10: in pristinā sententiā, id. Att. 1, 20, 3: in proposito susceptoque consilio, id. Off. 1, 31, 112: in officio, Caes. B. G. 5, 4.—*
(g). With gen.: virtus sola permanet tenoris sui, Sen. Ep. 76, 19.—
II. To abide in a way, rule, or mode of life, to live by, to devote one's life to (eccl. Lat.): in proposito cordis, Vulg. Act. 11, 23: in gratiā Dei, id. ib. 13, 43: in fide, id. ib. 14, 21: in peccato, id. Rom. 6, 1: in carne, id. Phil. 1, 24: in eādem regulā, id. ib. 3, 16.

Origins

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

Descendants
  • Italianpermanere
  • Portuguesepermanecerfrom Vulgar Latin *permanēscō
  • Spanishpermanecerfrom Vulgar Latin *permanēscō
  • Old Frenchparmaindre
  • Aragonesepermaneixerfrom Vulgar Latin *permanēscō
  • Asturianpermanecerfrom Vulgar Latin *permanēscō
  • Galicianpermanecerfrom Vulgar Latin *permanēscō
  • Ladinopermaneserfrom Vulgar Latin *permanēscō

In English words that came into English from permaneō

  • permanentpermanēns
  • permanencepermanentia
  • permansivepermaneō

Quick answers

What does permaneō mean in Latin?
permaneō, a verb, means “to stay to the end, hold out; to last, continue, remain, endure, abide, persist, persevere; to survive, outlive”.
What are the principal parts of permaneō?
permaneō, permanēre, permānsī, permānsum (second conjugation).
How do you pronounce permaneō?
In classical Latin, [pɛrˈma.ne.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [perˈmaː.ne.o].
Which English words come from permaneō?
English words that go back to Latin permaneō include permansive, permanent and permanence.