I.uninterrupted or continual duration, uninterrupted progress or succession, continuity, perpetuity (good prose; cf. “infinitas): non ex singulis vocibus philosophi spectandi sunt, sed ex perpetuitate atque constantiā,” i. e. from their consistency, Cic. Tusc. 5, 10, 31: “ad perpetuitatem,” to perpetuity, forever, id. Off. 2, 7, 23: “in vitae perpetuitate,” through the whole course of our lives, id. ib. 1, 33, 119: “perpetuitas verborum,” an unbroken succession, id. de Or. 3, 49, 190: “sermonis,” id. ib. 2, 54, 120: “dicendi,” id. Or. 2, 7: “laudis,” id. Fam. 10, 25.—In plur.: “et opacae perpetuitates,” unbroken tracts of land, Vitr. 2, 10. 1.
perpĕtŭĭtas , ātis, f. perpetuus,
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.
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