perseverans

== Latin == === Etymology === Present active participle of persevērō (“to persevere”). === Participle === persevērāns (genitive persevērantis, adverb persevēranter); third-declension one-termination participle enduring timor Domini mundus, perseverans in saecula, iudicia Domini vera, iustificata in semet ipsis (Psalms 19:9, Vulgate) The fear of the Lord is pure, / enduring forever. / The ordinances of the Lord are sure / and altogether righteous. (Psalm 19:9, NIV) ==== Declension ==== Third-declension participle. 1When used purely as an adjective. === References === “perseverans”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “perseverans”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “perseverans”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Middle English == === Noun === perseverans (Late Middle English, especially Northern) alternative form of perseveraunce