perenno

Latin

Etymology

perennis +‎ -ō

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /peˈren.noː/, [pɛˈrɛnːoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /peˈren.no/, [peˈrɛnːo]

Verb

perennō (present infinitive perennāre, perfect active perennāvī, supine perennātum); first conjugation

1. (transitive, post-Augustan) to keep or preserve long
   • Col. 12.20.8:

     ea res, etiamsi non in totum perennat, certe usque in alteram vindemiam plerumque vini saporem servat

   • Col. 12.19.2
2. (intransitive, in poetry and in post-Augustan prose) to last for many years, to last, continue, endure
   • 2 CE, Ovid, The Art of Love 3.42:

     arte perennat amor

   • Col. 1.9.2:

     ut diutius perennent boves

   • Col. 2.9.18
   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 1.721:

     domus

   • c. 250 CE, Solinus, De mirabilibus mundi 52.28:

     Apud Ctesiam legitur quasdam feminas ibi semel parere natosque canos ilico fieri; esse rursum gentem alteram, quae in iuuenta cana sit, nigrescat in senectute, ultra aeui nostri terminos perennantem.

3. (intransitive, Late Latin) to last for a year
   • c. 431 CE, Macrobius, Saturnalia 1.12.6:

     Huius etiam prima die ignem novum Vestae aris accendebant, ut incipiente anno cura denuo servandi novati ignis inciperet: eodem quoque ingrediente mense tam in regia curiisque atque flaminum domibus laureae veteres novis laureis mutabantur: eodem quoque mense et publice et privatim ad Annam Perennam sacrificatum itur, ut annare perennareque commode liceat.

Conjugation

Conjugation of perennō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	perennō	perennās	perennat	perennāmus	perennātis	perennant
	imperfect	perennābam	perennābās	perennābat	perennābāmus	perennābātis	perennābant
	future	perennābō	perennābis	perennābit	perennābimus	perennābitis	perennābunt
	perfect	perennāvī	perennāvistī	perennāvit	perennāvimus	perennāvistis	perennāvērunt, perennāvēre
	pluperfect	perennāveram	perennāverās	perennāverat	perennāverāmus	perennāverātis	perennāverant
	future perfect	perennāverō	perennāveris	perennāverit	perennāverimus	perennāveritis	perennāverint
passive	present	perennor	perennāris, perennāre	perennātur	perennāmur	perennāminī	perennantur
	imperfect	perennābar	perennābāris, perennābāre	perennābātur	perennābāmur	perennābāminī	perennābantur
	future	perennābor	perennāberis, perennābere	perennābitur	perennābimur	perennābiminī	perennābuntur
	perfect	perennātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	perennātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	perennātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	perennem	perennēs	perennet	perennēmus	perennētis	perennent
	imperfect	perennārem	perennārēs	perennāret	perennārēmus	perennārētis	perennārent
	perfect	perennāverim	perennāverīs	perennāverit	perennāverīmus	perennāverītis	perennāverint
	pluperfect	perennāvissem	perennāvissēs	perennāvisset	perennāvissēmus	perennāvissētis	perennāvissent
passive	present	perenner	perennēris, perennēre	perennētur	perennēmur	perennēminī	perennentur
	imperfect	perennārer	perennārēris, perennārēre	perennārētur	perennārēmur	perennārēminī	perennārentur
	perfect	perennātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	perennātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	perennā	—	—	perennāte	—
	future	—	perennātō	perennātō	—	perennātōte	perennantō
passive	present	—	perennāre	—	—	perennāminī	—
	future	—	perennātor	perennātor	—	—	perennantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		perennāre	perennāvisse	perennātūrum esse	perennārī	perennātum esse	perennātum īrī
participles		perennāns	—	perennātūrus	—	perennātus	perennandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		perennandī	perennandō	perennandum	perennandō	perennātum	perennātū

Synonyms

• perannō

Descendants

• → English: perennate
• → Italian: perennare
• → Spanish: perennizar

 

Further reading

• “pĕrenno”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• pĕrenno in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,145/2.