perseverans
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Present active participle of persevērō (“to persevere”).
Participle
[edit]persevērāns (genitive persevērantis, adverb persevēranter); third-declension one-termination participle
- enduring
- timor Domini mundus, perseverans in saecula, iudicia Domini vera, iustificata in semet ipsis (Psalms 19:9, Vulgate)
- The fear of the Lord is pure, / enduring forever. / The ordinances of the Lord are sure / and altogether righteous. (Psalm 19:9, NIV)
- timor Domini mundus, perseverans in saecula, iudicia Domini vera, iustificata in semet ipsis (Psalms 19:9, Vulgate)
Declension
[edit]Third-declension participle.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
| nominative | persevērāns | persevērantēs | persevērantia | ||
| genitive | persevērantis | persevērantium | |||
| dative | persevērantī | persevērantibus | |||
| accusative | persevērantem | persevērāns | persevērantēs persevērantīs |
persevērantia | |
| ablative | persevērante persevērantī1 |
persevērantibus | |||
| vocative | persevērāns | persevērantēs | persevērantia | ||
1When used purely as an adjective.
References
[edit]- “perseverans”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “perseverans”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “perseverans”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Middle English
[edit]Noun
[edit]perseverans
- (Late Middle English, especially Northern) alternative form of perseveraunce