sempiternus
Latin
Etymology
From semper. Compare with similarly formed aeternus, hesternus, externus and all of its class.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /sem.piˈter.nus/, [s̠ɛmpɪˈt̪ɛrnʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /sem.piˈter.nus/, [sempiˈt̪ɛrnus]
Adjective
sempiternus (feminine sempiterna, neuter sempiternum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | sempiternus | sempiterna | sempiternum | sempiternī | sempiternae | sempiterna | |
| Genitive | sempiternī | sempiternae | sempiternī | sempiternōrum | sempiternārum | sempiternōrum | |
| Dative | sempiternō | sempiternō | sempiternīs | ||||
| Accusative | sempiternum | sempiternam | sempiternum | sempiternōs | sempiternās | sempiterna | |
| Ablative | sempiternō | sempiternā | sempiternō | sempiternīs | |||
| Vocative | sempiterne | sempiterna | sempiternum | sempiternī | sempiternae | sempiterna | |
Derived terms
Descendants
- Catalan: sempitern
- → English: sempitern
- Italian: sempiterno
- Portuguese: sempiterno
- Spanish: sempiterno
References
- “sempiternus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “sempiternus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- sempiternus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to confer undying fame on, immortalise some one: aliquem sempiternae gloriae commendare
- to proclaim a general amnesty: omnem memoriam discordiarum oblivione sempiterna delere (Phil. 1. 1. 1)
- to confer undying fame on, immortalise some one: aliquem sempiternae gloriae commendare
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