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Latin
Etymology
From sem-per, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗm (“one”), root of Latin semel (“once”) + -per (“throughout”). Analogous to semel + -per. Cognates include Ancient Greek εἷς (heîs) and Sanskrit सकृत् (sa-kṛ́t). Compare singulus. For similar compositions see paulisper, quantisper, tantisper.
Pronunciation
Adverb
semper (not comparable)
- always, ever, forever, at all times, on each occasion
Spero ut pacem semper habeant.- I hope that they always have peace.
8 CE,
Ovid,
Fasti 5.207–208:
- ‘vērē fruor semper: semper nitidissimus annus,
arbor habet frondēs, pābula semper humus’- “I enjoy spring forever: always a year most beautiful, tree has foliage, ever the ground pastures.”
(See Flora (mythology).)
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References
- “semper”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “semper”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- semper in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- nothing will ever make me forgetful of him: semper memoria eius in (omnium) mentibus haerebit
Sardinian
Etymology
From Latin semper, whose first element is ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *sḗm (“one”).
Pronunciation
Adverb
semper
- always
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