permaneo

Latin

Etymology

From per- (“through”) +‎ maneō (“I remain”). Related to and synonymous with Ancient Greek δῐᾰμένω (dĭăménō).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /perˈma.ne.oː/, [pɛrˈmäneoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /perˈma.ne.o/, [perˈmäːneo]

Verb

permaneō (present infinitive permanēre, perfect active permānsī, supine permānsum); second conjugation, no passive

1. to stay to the end, hold out
2. to last, continue, remain, endure, abide
   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 5.33:

     hic status in caelō multōs permānsit in annōs

     This state [of things] in heaven endured for many years

3. to survive, outlive
4. to persist, persevere

   Synonyms: aeternō, persevērō, persistō

5. to devote one's life to, live by

Conjugation

• This verb has only limited passive conjugation; only third-person passive forms are attested in surviving sources.

   Conjugation of permaneō (second conjugation, active-only)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	permaneō	permanēs	permanet	permanēmus	permanētis	permanent
	imperfect	permanēbam	permanēbās	permanēbat	permanēbāmus	permanēbātis	permanēbant
	future	permanēbō	permanēbis	permanēbit	permanēbimus	permanēbitis	permanēbunt
	perfect	permānsī	permānsistī	permānsit	permānsimus	permānsistis	permānsērunt, permānsēre
	pluperfect	permānseram	permānserās	permānserat	permānserāmus	permānserātis	permānserant
	future perfect	permānserō	permānseris	permānserit	permānserimus	permānseritis	permānserint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	permaneam	permaneās	permaneat	permaneāmus	permaneātis	permaneant
	imperfect	permanērem	permanērēs	permanēret	permanērēmus	permanērētis	permanērent
	perfect	permānserim	permānserīs	permānserit	permānserīmus	permānserītis	permānserint
	pluperfect	permānsissem	permānsissēs	permānsisset	permānsissēmus	permānsissētis	permānsissent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	permanē	—	—	permanēte	—
	future	—	permanētō	permanētō	—	permanētōte	permanentō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		permanēre	permānsisse	permānsūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		permanēns	—	permānsūrus	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		permanendī	permanendō	permanendum	permanendō	permānsum	permānsū

Derived terms

• permansiō
• permanēns

Related terms

• commaneō
• ēmaneō
• immaneō
• intermaneō
• maneō
• remaneō

Descendants

• Italian: permanere
• Old French: parmaindre
• Portuguese: permanecer
• Spanish: permanecer

References

• “permaneo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “permaneo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• permaneo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to abide by, persist in one's opinion: in sententia manere, permanere, perseverare, perstare
    
  • (ambiguous) to persevere in one's resolve: in proposito susceptoque consilio permanere
    
  • (ambiguous) to remain in subjection: in officio manere, permanere