imperishable Copy link Outline 1. pĕrennis, e2. incorruptus (esp. of that which will not rot)3. immortālis, e (in fig. sense)4. indēlēbĭlis, e (not to be effaced)5. aeternus • imperishable: 1. pĕrennis, e: a monument more i. than brass, monumentum aere perennius, Hor. Od. 3, 30, 1: i. adamant, p. adamas, Ov. Met. 15, 813. 2. incorruptus (esp. of that which will not rot): stronger and more i. wood, lignum fortius et incorruptius, Plin. 16, 6, 8: more fully, contra omnia vitia incorrupta (materia), Plin. 13, 16, 30. 3. immortālis, e (in fig. sense): i. fruit (of affection), im. fructus, Cic. in] Pis. 14, init.: v. immortal. 4. indēlēbĭlis, e (not to be effaced): Ov. 5. aeternus: the most i. is ebony, maxime aet. hebenus, Plin. 16, 14, 79: cf. ib. §§ 215, 219. Phr.: to be i. (of timber), cariem vetustatemque non sentire, Plin. 16, 14, 78.