love lives forever

Latin translation: amor sempiternus est

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English term or phrase:love lives forever
Latin translation:amor sempiternus est
Entered by: Daniela Caracostas

09:25 Jan 26, 2011
English to Latin translations [PRO]
Poetry & Literature
English term or phrase: love lives forever
in relation to last line at end of michael jacksons this is it
tamara whiting
amor sempiternus est
Explanation:
sempiternus amor est

Love is everlasting
The etymology of sempiternus is "semper aeternus". I prefer it to aeternus because carries inside the meaning of forever (semper)
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Daniela Caracostas
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3amor aeternus est
Olga D.
4 +3amor sempiternus est
Daniela Caracostas
5 +1Amor in perpetuum vivat.
Joseph Brazauskas


  

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amor aeternus est


Explanation:
literally - love is perpetual (immortal)

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Note added at 12 mins (2011-01-26 09:38:08 GMT)
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or: amor perpetue vivit (love lives forever)

Olga D.
Russian Federation
Local time: 21:05
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Luis Antonio de Larrauri
2 hrs
  -> gratias tibi ago, Luis Antonio!

agree  Joseph Brazauskas: 'Perpetue' seems to occur only at Cassiodorus ('in Psalmos', 62.40), where it means 'constantly' rather than 'forever'. Perhaps you mean 'perpetuo'? 'In perpetuum' occurs in Republican and Biblical Latin.
13 hrs

agree  Sergey Kudryashov
13 hrs
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
amor sempiternus est


Explanation:
sempiternus amor est

Love is everlasting
The etymology of sempiternus is "semper aeternus". I prefer it to aeternus because carries inside the meaning of forever (semper)


Daniela Caracostas
Italy
Local time: 19:05
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Native speaker of: Italian
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Luis Antonio de Larrauri
29 mins

agree  Joseph Brazauskas
11 hrs

agree  Sergey Kudryashov
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13 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Amor in perpetuum vivat.


Explanation:
Or more simply, 'Amor in perpetuum est.'

Joseph Brazauskas
United States
Local time: 14:05
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sergey Kudryashov
39 mins
  -> Maximas tibi gratias agit Iosephus.
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