aere perennius

[ ahy-re pe-ren-ni-oos; English eer-ee puh-ren-ee-uhs ]

/ ˈaɪ rɛ pɛˈrɛn nɪˌʊs; English ˈɪər i pəˈrɛn i əs /

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Latin.

more lasting than bronze.

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Words nearby aere perennius

aerarium, aerate, aerated, aerator, aerenchyma, aere perennius, aeri-, Aeria, aerial, aerialist, aeriality

How to use aere perennius in a sentence

Enatum inde monumentum aere perennius, licet passim appareant sinistre dicta, minus perfecta, veritati non satis consentanea.
Memoirs of My Life and Writings|Edward Gibbon
But durable it is, and it hands down to posterity a monumentum re perennius, the absolute worth of which passes computation.
Pioneer Surgery in Kentucky|David W. Yandell
Bodley determined to escape it, and to make for himself after a very different fashion a name aere perennius.
In the Name of the Bodleian and Other Essays|Augustine Birrell
"He might have said, 'Exegi monumentum re perennius'" said Hardy.
A Danish Parsonage|John Fulford Vicary

Exegi monumentum re perennius—I have reared a memorial of myself more durable than brass.
Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources|James Wood