"semper" meaning in Latin

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Adverb

IPA: /ˈsem.per/ [Classical], [ˈs̠ɛmpɛr] [Classical], /ˈsem.per/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈsɛmper] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From sem-per, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗm (“one”), root of Latin semel (“once”) + -per (“throughout”). Analogous to semel + -per. Cognates include Ancient Greek εἷς (heîs) and Sanskrit सकृत् (sa-kṛ́t). Compare singulus. For similar compositions see paulisper, quantisper, tantisper. Etymology templates: {{root|la|ine-pro|*sem-}} [Template:root], {{der|la|ine-pro|*sḗm||one}} Proto-Indo-European *sḗm (“one”), {{m|la|semel||once}} semel (“once”), {{m|la|-per||throughout}} -per (“throughout”), {{suf|la|semel|-per}} semel + -per, {{cog|grc|εἷς}} Ancient Greek εἷς (heîs), {{cog|sa|सकृत्|sc=Deva|tr=sa-kṛ́t}} Sanskrit सकृत् (sa-kṛ́t), {{l|la|singulus}} singulus, {{m|la|paulisper}} paulisper, {{m|la|quantisper}} quantisper, {{m|la|tantisper}} tantisper Head templates: {{la-adv|semper|-}} semper (not comparable)
  1. always, ever, forever, at all times, on each occasion Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Time Synonyms: aeternō
    Sense id: en-semper-la-adv-4bBw0zWc Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin entries with topic categories using raw markup, Latin terms suffixed with -per, Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Derived forms: nōn semper Sāturnālia erunt, pater semper incertus est, semel furibundus, semper furibundus praesūmitur, semel prō semper, semper eadem, semper fidēlis, semper fortis, semper parātus, semper refōrmanda, semper tālis, semper-virēns, sempiternus

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      "text": "Old Occitan:"
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        }
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      "text": "→ English: semper-"
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  "etymology_text": "From sem-per, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗm (“one”), root of Latin semel (“once”) + -per (“throughout”). Analogous to semel + -per. Cognates include Ancient Greek εἷς (heîs) and Sanskrit सकृत् (sa-kṛ́t). Compare singulus. For similar compositions see paulisper, quantisper, tantisper.",
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  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "parents": [],
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        {
          "word": "nōn semper Sāturnālia erunt"
        },
        {
          "word": "pater semper incertus est"
        },
        {
          "word": "semel furibundus, semper furibundus praesūmitur"
        },
        {
          "word": "semel prō semper"
        },
        {
          "word": "semper eadem"
        },
        {
          "word": "semper fidēlis"
        },
        {
          "word": "semper fortis"
        },
        {
          "word": "semper parātus"
        },
        {
          "word": "semper refōrmanda"
        },
        {
          "word": "semper tālis"
        },
        {
          "word": "semper-virēns"
        },
        {
          "word": "sempiternus"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I hope that they always have peace.",
          "text": "Spero ut pacem semper habeant.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "“I enjoy spring forever: always a year most beautiful, [every] tree has foliage, ever the ground [its] pastures.”\n(See Flora (mythology).)",
          "ref": "8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 5.207–208",
          "roman": "arbor habet frondēs, pābula semper humus’",
          "text": "‘vērē fruor semper: semper nitidissimus annus,"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "always, ever, forever, at all times, on each occasion"
      ],
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          "always",
          "always"
        ],
        [
          "ever",
          "ever"
        ],
        [
          "forever",
          "forever"
        ],
        [
          "all",
          "all"
        ],
        [
          "times",
          "times"
        ],
        [
          "each",
          "each"
        ],
        [
          "occasion",
          "occasion"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "aeternō"
        }
      ],
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        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/ˈsem.per/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈs̠ɛmpɛr]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsem.per/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsɛmper]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "semper"
}
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      "word": "nōn semper Sāturnālia erunt"
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    {
      "word": "pater semper incertus est"
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    {
      "word": "semel furibundus, semper furibundus praesūmitur"
    },
    {
      "word": "semel prō semper"
    },
    {
      "word": "semper eadem"
    },
    {
      "word": "semper fidēlis"
    },
    {
      "word": "semper fortis"
    },
    {
      "word": "semper parātus"
    },
    {
      "word": "semper refōrmanda"
    },
    {
      "word": "semper tālis"
    },
    {
      "word": "semper-virēns"
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      "word": "sempiternus"
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      "text": "Friulian: simpri"
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      "depth": 1,
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      "depth": 1,
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      ],
      "text": "Italian: sempre\n→ English: sempre"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "Occitan: sempre"
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      "text": "Navarro-Aragonese:"
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          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "Aragonese: siempre"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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            "2": "sempres"
          },
          "expansion": "Old French: sempres",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old French: sempres"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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          "expansion": "Old Leonese:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Leonese:"
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    {
      "depth": 2,
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          "args": {
            "1": "ast",
            "2": "siempre"
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          "expansion": "Asturian: siempre",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Asturian: siempre"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
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            "2": "siempre"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Mirandese: siempre"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pro",
            "2": "-"
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          "expansion": "Old Occitan:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Occitan:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "sempre"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: sempre",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: sempre"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
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        }
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          "expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese: sempre",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Galician-Portuguese: sempre"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fax",
            "2": "sempris"
          },
          "expansion": "Fala: sempris",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Fala: sempris"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "sempre"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: sempre",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: sempre"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "sempre"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: sempre",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: sempre"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "osp",
            "2": "sienpre"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Spanish: sienpre, siempre\nLadino: syempre\nSpanish: siempre\n→ Bikol Central: siyempre\n→ Tagalog: siyempre",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Spanish: sienpre, siempre\nLadino: syempre\nSpanish: siempre\n→ Bikol Central: siyempre\n→ Tagalog: siyempre"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sc",
            "2": "semper"
          },
          "expansion": "Sardinian: semper",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "Limba Sarda Comuna"
          },
          "expansion": "(Limba Sarda Comuna)",
          "name": "q"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sc",
            "2": "sèmpere"
          },
          "expansion": "sèmpere",
          "name": "l"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sc",
            "2": "sèmpiri"
          },
          "expansion": "sèmpiri",
          "name": "l"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sc",
            "2": "sempre"
          },
          "expansion": "sempre",
          "name": "l"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sardinian: semper (Limba Sarda Comuna), sèmpere, sèmpiri, sempre"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "sempri",
            "3": "siempri"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: sempri, siempri",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: sempri, siempri"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vec",
            "2": "senpre",
            "3": "senper",
            "4": "senpro"
          },
          "expansion": "Venetian: senpre, senper, senpro",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Venetian: senpre, senper, senpro"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "semper-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: semper-",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: semper-"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*sem-"
      },
      "expansion": "[Template:root]",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*sḗm",
        "4": "",
        "5": "one"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *sḗm (“one”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "semel",
        "3": "",
        "4": "once"
      },
      "expansion": "semel (“once”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "-per",
        "3": "",
        "4": "throughout"
      },
      "expansion": "-per (“throughout”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "semel",
        "3": "-per"
      },
      "expansion": "semel + -per",
      "name": "suf"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "εἷς"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek εἷς (heîs)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "सकृत्",
        "sc": "Deva",
        "tr": "sa-kṛ́t"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit सकृत् (sa-kṛ́t)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "singulus"
      },
      "expansion": "singulus",
      "name": "l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "paulisper"
      },
      "expansion": "paulisper",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "quantisper"
      },
      "expansion": "quantisper",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "tantisper"
      },
      "expansion": "tantisper",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From sem-per, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗm (“one”), root of Latin semel (“once”) + -per (“throughout”). Analogous to semel + -per. Cognates include Ancient Greek εἷς (heîs) and Sanskrit सकृत् (sa-kṛ́t). Compare singulus. For similar compositions see paulisper, quantisper, tantisper.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "semper",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "semper (not comparable)",
      "name": "la-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin 2-syllable words",
        "Latin adverbs",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin entries with topic categories using raw markup",
        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sem-",
        "Latin terms suffixed with -per",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Latin terms with quotations",
        "Latin terms with usage examples",
        "Latin uncomparable adverbs",
        "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "la:Time"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I hope that they always have peace.",
          "text": "Spero ut pacem semper habeant.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "“I enjoy spring forever: always a year most beautiful, [every] tree has foliage, ever the ground [its] pastures.”\n(See Flora (mythology).)",
          "ref": "8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 5.207–208",
          "roman": "arbor habet frondēs, pābula semper humus’",
          "text": "‘vērē fruor semper: semper nitidissimus annus,"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "always, ever, forever, at all times, on each occasion"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "always",
          "always"
        ],
        [
          "ever",
          "ever"
        ],
        [
          "forever",
          "forever"
        ],
        [
          "all",
          "all"
        ],
        [
          "times",
          "times"
        ],
        [
          "each",
          "each"
        ],
        [
          "occasion",
          "occasion"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsem.per/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈs̠ɛmpɛr]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsem.per/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsɛmper]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "aeternō"
    }
  ],
  "word": "semper"
}

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