noun · femininethird declension
perpetuitās
perpetuitās f (genitive perpetuitātis)
Meaning
- perpetuity, continuity
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
dūrātiō sine fīneperpetuitās -ātis (f) — in Epistulae, ch. 15
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | perpetuitās | perpetuitātēs |
| genitive | perpetuitātis | perpetuitātum |
| dative | perpetuitātī | perpetuitātibus |
| accusative | perpetuitātem | perpetuitātēs |
| ablative | perpetuitāte | perpetuitātibus |
| vocative | perpetuitās | perpetuitātēs |
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.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
perpetuitās ātis, f
perpetuus, uninterrupted duration, continuous succession, continuity, perpetuity : philosophi spectandi sunt ex perpetuitate atque constantiā, i. e. general tenor and system : ad perpetuitatem, forever : in vitae perpetuitate, throughout life : perpetuitas verborum, an unbroken succession : dicendi.
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