LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

perpetuitās

perpetuitās f (genitive perpetuitātis)

Meaning

  1. perpetuity, continuity

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

dūrātiō sine fīne
perpetuitās -ātis (f) — in Epistulae, ch. 15

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeperpetuitāsperpetuitātēs
genitiveperpetuitātisperpetuitātum
dativeperpetuitātīperpetuitātibus
accusativeperpetuitātemperpetuitātēs
ablativeperpetuitāteperpetuitātibus
vocativeperpetuitāsperpetuitātēs

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

perpetuitas verborum
the connection.
perpetuitas et constantia (Tusc. 5. 10. 31)
logical consistency.

perpĕtŭĭtas, ātis, f. perpetuus,
I. uninterrupted or continual duration, uninterrupted progress or succession, continuity, perpetuity (good prose; cf. infinitas): non ex singulis vocibus philosophi spectandi sunt, sed ex perpetuitate atque constantiā, i. e. from their consistency, Cic. Tusc. 5, 10, 31: ad perpetuitatem, to perpetuity, forever, id. Off. 2, 7, 23: in vitae perpetuitate, through the whole course of our lives, id. ib. 1, 33, 119: perpetuitas verborum, an unbroken succession, id. de Or. 3, 49, 190: sermonis, id. ib. 2, 54, 120: dicendi, id. Or. 2, 7: laudis, id. Fam. 10, 25.—In plur.: et opacae perpetuitates, unbroken tracts of land, Vitr. 2, 10. 1.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin perpetuitās From perpetuus + -tās.

Descendants
  • Catalanperpetuitat
  • Englishperpetuity
  • Frenchperpétuité
  • Italianperpetuità
  • Occitanperpetuitat
  • Portugueseperpetuidade
  • Romanianperpetuitate
  • Spanishperpetuidad
  • Galicianperpetuidade

In English words that came into English from perpetuitās

  • perpetuityperpetuitās

Quick answers

What does perpetuitās mean in Latin?
perpetuitās, a noun, means “perpetuity, continuity”.
What is the genitive of perpetuitās?
The genitive singular is perpetuitātis. perpetuitās is feminine, third declension.