always Copy link Outline I. PerpetuallyII. Without exception • always: I. Perpetually: whether in strictly philosophic sense, or colloquially: sempĕr: what a. moves is eternal, quod s. movetur aeternum est, Cic.: nor does Apollo a. bend the bow, neque s. arcum tendit Apollo, Hor.: of that which is regularly done at stated times: country-folks always harrow before they hoe, s. occant priusquam sarriunt rustici, Plin.: I a. shudder when I begin to knock at this door, horresco s. ubi pultare hasce occipio fores, Ter. Phr.: he was almost a. in the country, ruri fere se continebat, Ter.: when the sky was stormy, he a. wore a laurel wreath on his head, turbatiore coelo nunquam non coronam lauream capite gestavit, Suet. Tib. 69: v. constantly, perpetually. II. Without exception: this sense occurs chiefly with superlatives; when it may be expr. by quisque: the best speakers are a. the most alive to the difficulty of speaking, ut quisque optime dicit, ita maxime dicendi difficultatem timet, Cic.: the newest things are a. the most correct and free from faults, recentissima quaeque sunt correcta et emendata maxime, Cic.
ALWAYS Copy link • ALWAYSsemper (opposed to nunquam): usque (always, within a drfinite limit: semper represents time as a space; usque as a continuing line: semper = omni tempore: usque = nullo tempore intermisso; continenter): perpetuo (of uninterrupted continuance to the end of a space of time). With superlatives always is translated by quisque: “the best things are always the rarest,” optimum quidque rarissimum est. Sometimes always is used hyperbolically for “nearly always,” “mostly :” it may then be translated by plerumque, or by a periphrasis with solere. He always arrives ten late, plerumque sero venit. I always take a walk at this time, hoc tempore ambulare soleo. But, ☞ this may sometimes be expressed by the simple present or imperfect; e.g. post cibum meridianum - paullisper conquiescebat: to be always at a place, frequentem esse aliquo loco: assiduum esse aliquo loco or circa locum.