perpetuo
Ὅσον ζῇς, φαίνου, μηδὲν ὅλως σὺ λυποῦ· πρὸς ὀλίγον ἐστὶ τὸ ζῆν, τὸ τέλος ὁ χρόνος ἀπαιτεῖ. → While you live, shine; have no grief at all; life exists only for a short while, and time demands its toll.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
perpĕtŭō: adv., v. perpetuus
I fin.
perpĕtŭo: āvi, ātum (old
I perf. subj. perpetuassint, Enn. Ann. 322), 1, v. a. perpetuus, to cause a thing to continue uninterruptedly, to proceed with continually, to make perpetual, perpetuate (rare but class.): libertatem ut perpetuassint, Enn. ap. Non. 150, 30 (Ann. v. 322 Vahl.): amator qui perpetuat data, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 72: ut si cui sit infinitus spiritus datus, tamen eum perpetuare verba nolimus, Cic. de Or. 3, 46, 181: judicum potestatem perpetuandam ... putavit, id. Sull. 22, 64: di te perpetuent, may the gods preserve you! a form of salutation addressed to the emperors, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 6.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) perpĕtŭō,¹⁰ adv., sans interruption, sans discontinuer, continuellement : Cic. Ac. 2, 93 ; Verr. 2, 5, 131, ; Q. 2, 45 ; Cæs. G. 1, 31, 7 || perpetuo perire Ter. Eun. 1043, être perdu sans rémission.
(2) perpĕtŭō,¹⁶ āvī, ātum, āre, tr., faire continuer sans interruption, ne pas interrompre, rendre continu : verba Cic. de Or. 3, 181, débiter des mots sans interruption ; judicum potestatem Cic. Sulla 64, maintenir de façon inébranlable le pouvoir des juges || dii te perpetuent Lampr. Al. Sev. 6, que les dieux te donnent de longs jours ! perpetuassint = perpetuaverint Enn. Ann. 322 Vahlen1, mais Vahlen2 donne ut perpetuita sint 317.
