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Latin
Etymology
From per- (“through”) + maneō (“I remain”). Related to and synonymous with Ancient Greek δῐᾰμένω (diaménō).
Pronunciation
Verb
permaneō (present infinitive permanēre, perfect active permānsī, supine permānsum); second conjugation, no passive
- to stay to the end, hold out
- to last, continue, remain, endure, abide
8 CE,
Ovid,
Fasti 5.33:
- hic status in caelō multōs permānsit in annōs
- This state in heaven endured for many years
- to survive, outlive
- to persist, persevere
- Synonyms: aeternō, persevērō, persistō
- to devote one's life to, live by
Conjugation
- This verb has only limited passive conjugation; only third-person passive forms are attested in surviving sources.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “permaneo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “permaneo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- permaneo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) to abide by, persist in one's opinion: in sententia manere, permanere, perseverare, perstare
- (ambiguous) to persevere in one's resolve: in proposito susceptoque consilio permanere
- (ambiguous) to remain in subjection: in officio manere, permanere