sempervivus

== Latin == === Etymology === Calque of Ancient Greek ἀείζωος (aeízōos, “ever-living”), from semper +‎ vīvus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [sɛmˈpɛr.wɪ.wʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [semˈpɛr.vi.vus] === Adjective === sempervīvus (feminine sempervīva, neuter sempervīvum); first/second-declension adjective (Late Latin) ever-living ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. === References === “sempervivus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. sempervivus in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung “sempervivus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press