sempervirens

See also: semper-virens

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *sem-der.

Latin sem-

Proto-Indo-European *per-

Proto-Italic *per

Latin per

Latin -per

Latin semper

Latin virēns

Latin sempervirēns

From semper (“always”) + virēns (“flourishing, green”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [sɛmˈpɛr.wɪ.rẽːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [semˈpɛr.vi.rens]

Adjective

sempervirēns (genitive sempervirentis); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. always flourishing or vigorous
2. (of plants) evergreen
   • 1822, The Botanical Register, volume 8, page 643:

     Azedarach sempervirens et florens. [...] Ab Azedarach distincta est, nec pro varietate aestimari debet.

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   • 1925, Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, volume 15&16, page 205:

     Frutex sempervirens epiphyticus ad 30 cm. attingens, inflorescentia excepta glaber.

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   • 1936, Zesde Internationaal Botanisch Congres, Amsterdam, volume 1, page 138:

     Florae Batavae magnum ornamentum, planta solum in forma feminina ocurrens, [...] sempervirens et semperflorens, sonorica, [...]

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Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	sempervirēns			sempervirentēs	sempervirentia
genitive	sempervirentis			sempervirentium
dative	sempervirentī			sempervirentibus
accusative	sempervirentem	sempervirēns		sempervirentīs sempervirentēs	sempervirentia
ablative	sempervirentī sempervirente			sempervirentibus
vocative	sempervirēns			sempervirentēs	sempervirentia