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Latin
Etymology
From per- + petō + -s. Compare perpetuus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
perpes (genitive perpetis); third-declension one-termination adjective
- continuous, uninterrupted, continual, perpetual
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
References
- “perpes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- perpes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) to be ready to endure anything: omnia perpeti paratum esse
- 3rd Declension Adjectives: Case Forms of Consonant Stems in Meagan Ayer, Allen and Greenough’s New Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges. Carlisle, Pennsylvania: Dickinson College Commentaries, 2014.
Middle English
Noun
perpes
- Alternative form of porpeys