perpes

Latin

Etymology

From per- +‎ petō +‎ -s. Compare perpetuus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈper.pes/, [ˈpɛrpɛs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈper.pes/, [ˈpɛrpes]

Adjective

perpes (genitive perpetis); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. continuous, uninterrupted, continual, perpetual

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	perpes			perpetēs	—
genitive	perpetis			perpetium
dative	perpetī			perpetibus
accusative	perpetem	perpes		perpetēs	—
ablative	perpetī			perpetibus
vocative	perpes			perpetēs	—

References

• “perpes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• perpes 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 be ready to endure anything: omnia perpeti paratum esse
    
• 3rd Declension Adjectives: Case Forms of Consonant Stems in Meagan Ayer, Allen and Greenough’s New Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges. Carlisle, Pennsylvania: Dickinson College Commentaries, 2014.

Middle English

Noun

perpes

1. Alternative form of porpeys