What does perpetuum mōbile mean in Latin?

perpetuum mōbile, a noun, means “a being capable of perpetual motion; a perpetual motion machine”.

What is the genitive of perpetuum mōbile?

The genitive singular is perpetuī mōbilis. perpetuum mōbile is masculine, variously declined, second declension, third declension.

In classical Latin, [pɛrˈpɛ.tu.ũː ˈmoː.bɪ.ɫɛ]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [perˈpɛː.tu.um ˈmɔː.bi.le].

noun · masculinevariously declined, second declension, third declension

perpetuum mōbile n (genitive perpetuī mōbilis)

Classical[pɛrˈpɛ.tu.ũː ˈmoː.bɪ.ɫɛ]Ecclesiastical[perˈpɛː.tu.um ˈmɔː.bi.le]

a being capable of perpetual motion
Quoniam uero in anima omnia ab aliis mouẽtur/Nam de primo quidem & perpetuo mobili/quo nã moueatur modo/quoúe pacto moueat primum mouens/in primis philoſophię cõmentariis determinatum eſt prius.1523, Ἀριστοτέλης Σταγειρίτης [Aristoteles Stagirites], translated by Nicholas Leonicus Thomæus, Parva Naturalia, Venetiæ: Bernardinus & Matthæus de Vitalibus, De Animalium motione, fol. cxxxviiʳ:
Hi vel tam durationis reſpectu quam eſſentiæ perpetui: vt mentes cœleſtes: vel caduci, ideoq́; ipſorum non perpetua mobilia.1570 May 15th, Philippus Marbachius, Theſes phyſicæ de mutationibus et motu, Argentoratum: Iosias Rihelius, thesis LX.:
a perpetual motion machine

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