perenno

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

pĕrenno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [perennis].

I Act. , to keep or preserve long (post-Aug.): ea res, etiamsi non in totum perennat, certe usque in alteram vindemiam plerumque vini saporem servat, Col. 12, 20, 8 (dub.; al. perennem); 12, 19, 2.—

II Neutr. , to last for many years , to last , continue , endure (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): arte perennat amor, Ov. A. A. 3, 42: ut diutius perennent boves, Col. 1, 9, 2; 2, 9, 18: domus, Ov. F. 1, 721: gens ultra aevi nostri terminos perennans, Sol. 52, 29.

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