semper-vīvus

I. ever-living: res (Spiritus sanctus), Prud. Ham. 164: herba, the plant called also aizoon, evergreen, houseleek, App. Herb. 123.—Also, subst.: sempervīva, ae,f., Pall. 1, 35, 3. —And in analogy with aizoon (Gr. ἀείζωον), sempervīvum, i, n., Plin. 25, 13, 102, § 160 (not in Jahn).