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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=semper ADV :: [[always]]
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>semper</b>: adv. [[root]] sam-; Gr. ἁμ->; v. [[semel]] and -per = [[παρά]]; cf. [[tantisper]],<br /><b>I</b> [[ever]], [[always]], at all times, forever (cf. [[usque]]).<br /><b>I</b> In gen.: [[nequiter]] [[factum]] illud [[apud]] vos [[semper]] manebit, [[Cato]] ap. Gell. 16, 1: [[locus]] hic [[apud]] nos [[semper]] [[liber]] est, Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 49: [[semper]] occant priusquam sarriunt rustici, id. Capt. 3, 5, 5: sat habet favitorum [[semper]], qui recte facit, Plaut. Am. prol. 79: [[quod]] improbis [[semper]] [[aliqui]] [[scrupus]] in animis haereat, [[semper]] iis [[ante]] oculos judicia et supplicia versentur: nullum [[autem]] [[emolumentum]] esse [[tantum]], [[semper]] ut timeas, [[semper]] ut adesse, [[semper]] ut impendere [[aliquam]] poenam putes, Cic. Rep. 3, 16, 26: [[quod]] [[semper]] movetur, aeternum est, id. ib. 6, 25, 27; id. Tusc. 1, 23, 53: non haerent in suis sedibus, sed volucri [[semper]] spe rapiuntur, id. Rep. 2, 4, 7: curavit ([[Servius]] [[Tullius]]), [[quod]] [[semper]] in re publicā tenendum est, ne, etc., id. ib. 2, 22, 39; 3, 14, 23 et saep.: sibi exortam [[semper]] florentis Homeri Commemorat speciem (the Gr. [[ἀειθαλής]]), Lucr. 1, 124: hic [[vertex]] nobis [[semper]] [[sublimis]], Verg. G. 1, 242; cf.: [[quod]] [[Graeci]] aigleucos (ἀειγλεῦκος) vocant, hoc est [[semper]] [[mustum]], Plin. 14, 9, 11, § 83: avida ulteriorum [[semper]] [[gens]] ([[semper]] belonging to [[ulter]]), Liv. 9, 38, 5: si [[umquam]] dubitatum est, [[utrum]] tribuni [[plebis]] vestrā an suā causā seditionum [[semper]] auctores fuerint, id. 5, 3 Drak.; for [[which]] also, [[without]] esse ([[hence]] [[apparently]] adject.): [[Hasdrubal]] pacis [[semper]] [[auctor]], id. 30, 42; cf.: [[adversus]] Sidicinos sumerent [[arma]], suos [[semper]] hostes, id. 8, 1 fin.—To [[strengthen]] the signif., joined [[with]] [[cottidie]], [[perenne]], [[assidue]], etc. (as in Gr. ἀεὶ καθ ἡμέραν, συνεχές,> etc.; v. Lidd. and Scott's Lex. under ἀει): ea mihi [[cottidie]] Aut ture aut vino aut [[aliqui]] [[semper]] supplicat, Plaut. Aul. prol. 24; cf. Ter. Ad. 3, 1, 7: [[lucrum]] ut [[perenne]] [[vobis]] [[semper]] suppetat, Plaut. Am. prol. 14: ne [[semper]] [[servus]] currens, [[iratus]] [[senex]], etc.... [[assidue]] agendi sint mihi, Ter. Heaut. prol. 39; so ([[with]] [[assiduus]]) Cic. Rosc. Am. 18, 51; Ov. F. 4, 686: ibi [[semper]] omne vitae [[spatium]] [[famula]] fuit, Cat. 63, 90: [[semper]] et [[ubique]], Quint. 1, 1, 29; 3, 9, 5; Petr. 99; Suet. Aug. 90; cf. Quint. 11, 1, 14.—<br /><b>II</b> Of [[continuance]] [[within]] a [[definite]] [[time]]: ego illum [[antehac]] hominem [[semper]] [[sum]] [[frugi]] [[ratus]], Plaut. As. 5, 2, 11; cf. id. Aul. 2, 2, 39: [[quod]] [[tempus]] (aestatem) omnes Siciliae [[semper]] praetores in itineribus consumere consuerunt, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 12, § 29: quibus studiis [[semper]] fueris, tenemus, Cic. Rep. 1, 23, 37.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Esp., [[with]] comp., of a progressive [[change]] ([[poet]].): rem Romanam Alterum in [[lustrum]] meliusque [[semper]], Proroget [[aevum]], Hor. C. S. 67: candidior [[semper]] candidiorque veni, Tib. 1, 7, 64.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Distributively, [[always]], [[every]] [[time]], on [[each]] [[occasion]] (ante-class. and [[post]]-Aug.): rex [[Creo]] vigiles nocturnos singulos [[semper]] locat, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 195: [[horresco]] [[semper]], ubi pultare hasce (fores) [[occipio]] [[miser]], [[always]], [[every]] [[time]], Ter. Ad. 4, 4, 24: [[quattuor]] [[partus]] enixa, septumo [[semper]] mense, genuit, etc., Plin. 7, 5, 4, § 39: bis [[inter]] duos [[exortus]] lunae adfluunt bisque remeant vicenis quaternisque [[semper]] horis, id. 2, 97, 99, § 212: [[tertio]] [[die]] cibum capere [[semper]], id. 7, 2, 2, § 12: cibum capere [[semper]] diebus tertiis, Gell. 9, 4, 6.—<br /><b>III</b> Transf. ([[poet]].), [[everywhere]], in [[every]] [[place]] ([[like]] Engl. [[always]]): proque toro terrae non [[semper]] [[gramen]] habenti, Incubat [[infelix]], Ov. M. 1, 633.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>sempĕr</b>⁵ (sem = ἕν, cf. [[semel]]), une fois pour toutes ; toujours, tout le temps, de tout temps, sans cesse : Cic., Cæs., etc. &#124;&#124; [[semper]]... [[non]] Prop. 2, 28, 13, = [[numquam]], jamais.
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{{Georges
|georg=semper, Adv. ([[von]] sem = εν, u. per), [[ein]] [[für]] [[allemal]], d.i. I) [[allezeit]], [[jederzeit]], [[stets]], [[jedesmal]], [[regelmäßig]], [[immer]], Ter., Cic. u.a.: [[vento]] [[semper]] ([[jedesmal]]) rubet [[aurea]] [[Phoebe]], Verg.: id [[hodie]] [[quoque]] [[publice]] [[semper]] ([[regelmäßig]]) refectum manet, Liv. – [[bei]] Substst. attrib., [[etwa]] [[deutsch]] [[immerwährend]], [[beständig]], eri [[semper]] [[lenitas]], Ter.: [[Hasdrubal]] [[pacis]] [[semper]] [[auctor]], Liv. – II) [[von]] [[jeher]], Plaut., Cic. u.a.
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{{LaZh
|lnztxt=semper. ''adv''. :: [[常]]。[[不斷]]
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