that lasts

pĕrennis (‡ pĕremnis, Inscr. Ann. p. Chr. 341 ap. Guattani Monum. Inedit. 1, 5, p. 39), e ( abl. sing. perenne, Ov. H. 8, 64; id. F. 3, 654), adj. [per-annus], that lasts or continues the year through (post-Aug.):

aves perennes,

that remain with us all the year round, Plin. 10, 25, 36, § 73.—

Transf., everlasting, never failing, unceasing, perpetual, perennial (class.; cf.:

jugis, perpetuus): aquae,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107; cf. Liv. 1, 21, 3:

fons,

Caes. B. G. 8, 43:

amnis,

Liv. 4, 30:

rivi,

Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 11:

cursus stellarum,

Cic. N. D. 2, 21, 56:

vinum,

i. e. that bears keeping, Col. 3, 2, 10:

adamas,

Ov. M. 15, 813:

monumenta,

id. F. 2, 265; of a person:

super Astra ferar,

id. M. 15, 875.— Comp.:

exegi monumentum aere perennius,

more lasting, more enduring, Hor. C. 3, 30, 1.—

Trop., unfailing, uninterrupted, continual, perpetual, etc.:

lucrum,

Plaut. Am. p. 16:

perennis et contestata majorum virtus,

Cic. Fl. 11, 25:

continuata motio et perennis,

id. Tusc. 1, 10, 22:

loquacitas,

id. de Or. 3, 48, 185:

animus in rem publicam,

id. Prov. Cons. 9, 23.—Hence, adv., in two forms, pĕrenne (post-Aug.) and pĕrennĭter (post-class.).

pĕrenne.

Lit., all the year through, Col. 12, 18, 2.—

Transf., constantly, perpetually (postclass.):

abies perenne durabilis,

Pall. 12, 15, 1:

perenne vivax,

Paul. Nol. Carm. 11, 68.—

pĕrennĭter, constantly, continually, always, perpetually:

arbor frondens perenniter,

Aug. Doctr. Christ. 2, 16:

perenniter servare amicitias,

Sid. Ep. 7, 9; Cod. Th. 7, 20, 2; Sol. 65.

pĕrennis (‡ pĕremnis, Inscr. Ann. p. Chr. 341 ap. Guattani Monum. Inedit. 1, 5, p. 39), e ( abl. sing. perenne, Ov. H. 8, 64; id. F. 3, 654), adj. [per-annus], that lasts or continues the year through (post-Aug.):

aves perennes,

that remain with us all the year round, Plin. 10, 25, 36, § 73.—

Transf., everlasting, never failing, unceasing, perpetual, perennial (class.; cf.:

jugis, perpetuus): aquae,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107; cf. Liv. 1, 21, 3:

fons,

Caes. B. G. 8, 43:

amnis,

Liv. 4, 30:

rivi,

Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 11:

cursus stellarum,

Cic. N. D. 2, 21, 56:

vinum,

i. e. that bears keeping, Col. 3, 2, 10:

adamas,

Ov. M. 15, 813:

monumenta,

id. F. 2, 265; of a person:

super Astra ferar,

id. M. 15, 875.— Comp.:

exegi monumentum aere perennius,

more lasting, more enduring, Hor. C. 3, 30, 1.—

Trop., unfailing, uninterrupted, continual, perpetual, etc.:

lucrum,

Plaut. Am. p. 16:

perennis et contestata majorum virtus,

Cic. Fl. 11, 25:

continuata motio et perennis,

id. Tusc. 1, 10, 22:

loquacitas,

id. de Or. 3, 48, 185:

animus in rem publicam,

id. Prov. Cons. 9, 23.—Hence, adv., in two forms, pĕrenne (post-Aug.) and pĕrennĭter (post-class.).

pĕrenne.

Lit., all the year through, Col. 12, 18, 2.—

Transf., constantly, perpetually (postclass.):

abies perenne durabilis,

Pall. 12, 15, 1:

perenne vivax,

Paul. Nol. Carm. 11, 68.—

pĕrennĭter, constantly, continually, always, perpetually:

arbor frondens perenniter,

Aug. Doctr. Christ. 2, 16:

perenniter servare amicitias,

Sid. Ep. 7, 9; Cod. Th. 7, 20, 2; Sol. 65.

per-tĭnax, ācis, adj. [tenax], that holds fast, that clings firmly, very tenacious.

Lit. (only poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

digitus male pertinax,

Hor. C. 1, 9, 24:

ales unguibus pertinax,

App. Flor. p. 366: tenaxne pater ejus est? Ph. Pater immo edepol pertinax, exceedingly avaricious, Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 39.—

Transf., that lasts long, very durable:

spiritus,

Plin. 10, 29, 43, § 81:

siligo in Allobrogum agro pertinax,

id. 18, 8, 20, § 85.—

Trop., firm, constant, steadfast, persevering, unyielding; in a bad sense, obstinate, pertinacious, stubborn (cf. pervicax); constr. absol., with in and abl.; also (rare and not ante-Aug.) with in and acc., adversus and acc., ad and acc.; also (post-Aug.) with gen., Att. ap. Non. 433, 6 sq.:

concertationes in disputando pertinaces,

Cic. Fin. 1, 8, 27 sq.:

pertinacissimus fueris, si, etc.,

id. ib. 2, 33, 107:

valde pertinax,

id. ib. 2, 3, 9:

pertinax fama,

Plin. 24, 17, 101, § 159:

studium, Quint. Inst. prooem.: certamen,

Liv. 2, 40:

stare pertinaci statu,

Gell. 2, 1, 2:

octoginta milia fortissimae pertinacissimaeque in retinendis armis juventutis,

Vell. 2, 27, 1:

pertinax virtus,

Liv. 25, 14:

pertinax adversus temerarios impetus,

id. 28, 22, 14:

pertinacior in repugnando,

id. 29, 33:

pertinax ad obtinendam injuriam,

id. 29, 1, 17:

in quod coepit pertinax et intenta,

Sen. Ira, 1, 1, 2.—

Poet., with inf.:

fortuna... Ludum insolentem ludere pertinax,

Hor. C. 3, 29, 51.—

With gen.:

justitiae,

App. Mag. p. 338, 34:

irae,

Val. Max. 6, 3, 3.—Hence, adv.: pertĭnācĭter.

Very fast or firmly, very tenaciously, persistently:

haec ipsa magis pertinaciter haerent, quo deteriora sunt,

Quint. 1, 1, 5; Suet. Tib. 74:

pertinacius resistere,

Plin. 16, 43, 83, § 227:

pertinacissime retinere,

id. 33, 6, 32, § 100. —

Constantly, firmly, steadily, perseveringly; obstinately, stubbornly, pertinaciously:

pertinaciter liberalibus studiis deditus,

Suet. Claud. 40 fin.:

pertinaciter in aliquā re manere,

Varr. R. R. 1, 20: pertinaciter offensus, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 1:

contendere,

Suet. Caes. 1:

studere,

Sen. Ep. 5, 1.— Comp.:

pertinacius insequi,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 13.— Sup.:

pertinacissime pabulo abstinere,

Suet. Caes. 81 med.; id. Ner. 56.—

Pertĭnax, ācis, m., surname of the emperor P. Helvius, who succeeded Commodus on the throne, Capitol. Pert. 1; Aur. Vict. Epit. 18.

per-tĭnax, ācis, adj. [tenax], that holds fast, that clings firmly, very tenacious.

Lit. (only poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

digitus male pertinax,

Hor. C. 1, 9, 24:

ales unguibus pertinax,

App. Flor. p. 366: tenaxne pater ejus est? Ph. Pater immo edepol pertinax, exceedingly avaricious, Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 39.—

Transf., that lasts long, very durable:

spiritus,

Plin. 10, 29, 43, § 81:

siligo in Allobrogum agro pertinax,

id. 18, 8, 20, § 85.—

Trop., firm, constant, steadfast, persevering, unyielding; in a bad sense, obstinate, pertinacious, stubborn (cf. pervicax); constr. absol., with in and abl.; also (rare and not ante-Aug.) with in and acc., adversus and acc., ad and acc.; also (post-Aug.) with gen., Att. ap. Non. 433, 6 sq.:

concertationes in disputando pertinaces,

Cic. Fin. 1, 8, 27 sq.:

pertinacissimus fueris, si, etc.,

id. ib. 2, 33, 107:

valde pertinax,

id. ib. 2, 3, 9:

pertinax fama,

Plin. 24, 17, 101, § 159:

studium, Quint. Inst. prooem.: certamen,

Liv. 2, 40:

stare pertinaci statu,

Gell. 2, 1, 2:

octoginta milia fortissimae pertinacissimaeque in retinendis armis juventutis,

Vell. 2, 27, 1:

pertinax virtus,

Liv. 25, 14:

pertinax adversus temerarios impetus,

id. 28, 22, 14:

pertinacior in repugnando,

id. 29, 33:

pertinax ad obtinendam injuriam,

id. 29, 1, 17:

in quod coepit pertinax et intenta,

Sen. Ira, 1, 1, 2.—

Poet., with inf.:

fortuna... Ludum insolentem ludere pertinax,

Hor. C. 3, 29, 51.—

With gen.:

justitiae,

App. Mag. p. 338, 34:

irae,

Val. Max. 6, 3, 3.—Hence, adv.: pertĭnācĭter.

Very fast or firmly, very tenaciously, persistently:

haec ipsa magis pertinaciter haerent, quo deteriora sunt,

Quint. 1, 1, 5; Suet. Tib. 74:

pertinacius resistere,

Plin. 16, 43, 83, § 227:

pertinacissime retinere,

id. 33, 6, 32, § 100. —

Constantly, firmly, steadily, perseveringly; obstinately, stubbornly, pertinaciously:

pertinaciter liberalibus studiis deditus,

Suet. Claud. 40 fin.:

pertinaciter in aliquā re manere,

Varr. R. R. 1, 20: pertinaciter offensus, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 1:

contendere,

Suet. Caes. 1:

studere,

Sen. Ep. 5, 1.— Comp.:

pertinacius insequi,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 13.— Sup.:

pertinacissime pabulo abstinere,

Suet. Caes. 81 med.; id. Ner. 56.—

Pertĭnax, ācis, m., surname of the emperor P. Helvius, who succeeded Commodus on the throne, Capitol. Pert. 1; Aur. Vict. Epit. 18.

annŭus, a, um, adj. [annus].

That lasts a year or continues through a year, of a year's duration:

penus,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 45:

tempus,

Cic. Att. 6, 5:

provincia,

id. Fam. 15, 14 fin.:

magistratus,

Caes. B. G. 1, 16:

reges,

Nep. Hann. 7, 4:

imperium,

Tac. H. 3, 46 al.:

spatium,

Hor. C. 4, 5, 11:

cultura,

id. ib. 3, 24, 14:

annui victus,

Plin. 7, 46, 47, § 151 et saep.—

That returns, recurs, or happens every year, yearly, annual.

Adj.: annuo in cursu, Att. ap. Non. p. 20, 28:

tempora,

Lucr. 5, 618:

commutationes,

changes of the seasons, Cic. Inv. 1, 34:

labor (agricolarum),

id. Verr. 2, 3, 48:

plenitudo annuae messis,

Vulg. Jer. 5, 24:

deponit flavas annua terra comas,

Tib. 2, 1, 48:

annua magnae Sacra refer Cereri,

Verg. G. 1, 338:

annuos reditus non dabunt,

Vulg. 1 Esdr. 4, 13:

annuā vice,

annually, Plin. 28, 8, 27, § 92:

annuis vicibus,

id. 10, 20, 22, § 44 al. —Hence,

Subst.: annŭum, i, and more freq. in the plur.: annŭa, ōrum, n., an annuity, annual stipend, pension:

publici servi annua accipiunt,

Plin. Ep. 10, 40; Suet. Vesp. 18; id. Tib. 50; id. Gram. 3, 23:

si cui annuum relictum fuerit,

Dig. 33, 1, 14; 33, 1, 10.

annŭus, a, um, adj. [annus].

That lasts a year or continues through a year, of a year's duration:

penus,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 45:

tempus,

Cic. Att. 6, 5:

provincia,

id. Fam. 15, 14 fin.:

magistratus,

Caes. B. G. 1, 16:

reges,

Nep. Hann. 7, 4:

imperium,

Tac. H. 3, 46 al.:

spatium,

Hor. C. 4, 5, 11:

cultura,

id. ib. 3, 24, 14:

annui victus,

Plin. 7, 46, 47, § 151 et saep.—

That returns, recurs, or happens every year, yearly, annual.

Adj.: annuo in cursu, Att. ap. Non. p. 20, 28:

tempora,

Lucr. 5, 618:

commutationes,

changes of the seasons, Cic. Inv. 1, 34:

labor (agricolarum),

id. Verr. 2, 3, 48:

plenitudo annuae messis,

Vulg. Jer. 5, 24:

deponit flavas annua terra comas,

Tib. 2, 1, 48:

annua magnae Sacra refer Cereri,

Verg. G. 1, 338:

annuos reditus non dabunt,

Vulg. 1 Esdr. 4, 13:

annuā vice,

annually, Plin. 28, 8, 27, § 92:

annuis vicibus,

id. 10, 20, 22, § 44 al. —Hence,

Subst.: annŭum, i, and more freq. in the plur.: annŭa, ōrum, n., an annuity, annual stipend, pension:

publici servi annua accipiunt,

Plin. Ep. 10, 40; Suet. Vesp. 18; id. Tib. 50; id. Gram. 3, 23:

si cui annuum relictum fuerit,

Dig. 33, 1, 14; 33, 1, 10.

annŭus, a, um, adj. [annus].

That lasts a year or continues through a year, of a year's duration:

penus,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 45:

tempus,

Cic. Att. 6, 5:

provincia,

id. Fam. 15, 14 fin.:

magistratus,

Caes. B. G. 1, 16:

reges,

Nep. Hann. 7, 4:

imperium,

Tac. H. 3, 46 al.:

spatium,

Hor. C. 4, 5, 11:

cultura,

id. ib. 3, 24, 14:

annui victus,

Plin. 7, 46, 47, § 151 et saep.—

That returns, recurs, or happens every year, yearly, annual.

Adj.: annuo in cursu, Att. ap. Non. p. 20, 28:

tempora,

Lucr. 5, 618:

commutationes,

changes of the seasons, Cic. Inv. 1, 34:

labor (agricolarum),

id. Verr. 2, 3, 48:

plenitudo annuae messis,

Vulg. Jer. 5, 24:

deponit flavas annua terra comas,

Tib. 2, 1, 48:

annua magnae Sacra refer Cereri,

Verg. G. 1, 338:

annuos reditus non dabunt,

Vulg. 1 Esdr. 4, 13:

annuā vice,

annually, Plin. 28, 8, 27, § 92:

annuis vicibus,

id. 10, 20, 22, § 44 al. —Hence,

Subst.: annŭum, i, and more freq. in the plur.: annŭa, ōrum, n., an annuity, annual stipend, pension:

publici servi annua accipiunt,

Plin. Ep. 10, 40; Suet. Vesp. 18; id. Tib. 50; id. Gram. 3, 23:

si cui annuum relictum fuerit,

Dig. 33, 1, 14; 33, 1, 10.

menstrŭus, a, um, adj. [mensis].

Of or belonging to a month, that happens every month, monthly.

In gen. (class.):

ferias menstruas edicere,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 13 Müll.:

usura,

Cic. Att. 6, 1, 3:

ventorum ratio,

Plin. 2, 47, 48, § 128.—

Subst.

menstrŭa, ōrum, n., the monthly sacri fices: ad menstrua solvenda montem ascendunt, Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 492, 32. —

menstrŭum, i, n.:

menstruum meum Calend Septembr finitur,

a monthly term of office, monthly service, Plin. Ep. 10, 24, 3.—

In partic., of or belonging to monthly purgations, to menstruation, menstruous:

menstruae purgationes,

Plin. 32, 10, 46, § 132:

cursus,

id. 11, 39, 94, § 230:

sanguis,

Vulg. Lev. 15, 25. —As subst.: menstrŭa, ōrum, n., monthly purgations, menses, catamenia, Cels. 6, 6, 38:

ciere,

Plin. 22, 21, 30, § 65:

sedare,

id. 20, 14, 54, § 154.—In sing., Plin. 28, 7, 23, § 78.—Of female animals:

canis,

menstruous, Plin. 29, 5, 32, § 98.—

That lasts a month, for the space of a month, monthly: vita menstrua. Cic. Fin. 4, 12, 30:

spatium,

id. N. D. 1, 31, 87: menstrua cibaria. Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 30, § 72.—As subst.: men-strŭum, i, n., a month's provisions, Liv. 44, 2.

nŏvendĭālis, e, adj. [novem-dies], nine-day, of nine days.

That lasts nine days, a nine-days' festival, which was solemnized on the occasion of a prodigy announcing misfortune (esp. a shower of stones):

novendiale sacrum,

Liv. 1, 31; 21, 62; 23, 31; 25, 7; 26, 23;

27, 37 et saep.: sacrificium,

id. 38, 36, 4:

novendiales feriae,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 5, 1; cf.: novendiales feriae a numero dierum sunt dictae, Paul. ex Fest. p. 176 Müll.—

That takes place on the ninth day; of offerings and feasts for the dead, which were celebrated on the ninth day after the funeral: novendiale dicitur sacrificium quod mortuo fit nonā die quā sepultus est, Porphyr. ad Hor. Epod. 17, 49; cf.: novendialia, ennata epi nekrou agomena, Gloss. Philox.; cf. also Serv. Verg. A. 5, 64.—These solemnities were also called, subst., nŏvendĭal, is, n.:

nescio utrum inveniatur, alicui sanctorum in Scripturis celebratum esse luctum novem dies, quod apud Latinos novendial appellant,

Aug. Quaest. in Heptat. 1 Quaest. 172:

novendialis cena,

the funeral banquet held on the ninth day, Tac. A. 6, 5:

Novendiales pulveres ( = recentes),

Hor. Epod. 17, 48; v. Orell. ad h. 1.—Prov.: exstincto populo etiam novendialis tarde venit, said of one who brings assistance when too late, Ps.-Quint. Decl. 12, 23.

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