perpes
νόησε δὲ δῖος Ὀδυσσεὺς σαίνοντάς τε κύνας, περί τε κτύπος ἦλθε ποδοῖιν → godly Odysseus heard the fawning of dogs, and on top of that came the beat of two feet
Latin > English
perpes (gen.), perpetis ADJ :: continuous, lasting, unbroken in time, perpetual, neverending; whole period
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
perpes: ĕtis, adj. like perpetuus, from per-peto,
I lasting throughout, continuous, uninterrupted, continual, perpetual (anteand post-class.): perpetem pro perpetuo dixerunt poëtae, Fest. p. 217 Müll.: luna proprio suo perpeti candore, App. de Deo Socr. init.: silentium, id. Flor. 3, p. 357, 27: rivus cruore fluebat perpeti, Prud. Cath. 10, 42.—
B Esp., of time, continuous, never ending, perpetual, entire, whole: noctem perpetem, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 125; 2, 2, 100; id. Truc. 2, 2, 23: nocte perpeti, Just. 5, 7, 6; Capitol. Ver. 4: perpetem diem alternis pedibus insistunt, Sol. 52: per annum perpetem, Lact. Mort. Pers. 33 fin.: perpes aevi aeternitas, Jul. Val. Rer. Gest. Alex. M. 1, 34 Mai.— Hence, adv.: perpĕtim, constantly, without intermission, perpetually, App. Mag. p. 321, 5 (but in Plin. 20, 6, 21, § 44, the correct read. is perpetuo; v. Sillig ad h. l., and Hand, Turs. 4, p. 465).
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
perpĕs,¹⁵ ĕtis, ininterrompu, continuel, perpétuel : Pl. Amph. 280 ; 732 ; Just. 5, 7, 6 ; Prud. Cath. 10, 42.
Latin > German (Georges)
perpes, petis = perpetuus, aneinanderhangend, ununterbrochen, fortwährend, beständig, silentium, Apul.: gemitus (Plur.), Lact.: patientia, Sulp. Sev.: per annos septem perpetes, Lact.: des mihi operam perpetem, Pacuv. fr.: tibi perpetes debebo gratias, Mart. Cap. – v. der Zeit, perpetem diem, den ganzen Tag hindurch, Solin.: per annum perpetem, Lact.: anno perpeti, Apul.: perpeti anno, Corp. inscr. Lat. 3, 4121: noctem perpetem, die ganze Nacht hindurch, Plaut. Amph. 280: so auch nocte perpeti, Iustin. u.a.
