Idaho's state motto: What does 'esto perpetua' mean?

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Idaho's state motto: What does 'esto perpetua' mean?

Last week, in our Inside Idaho series, we told you how Idaho has the only great seal designed by a woman – Emma Edwards Greene. On that great seal, is Idaho’s state motto: “Esto Perpetua” a phrase which translates to “Let it be perpetual” or… last forever. It was accepted as the state’s motto when it was incorporated on the seal and officially adopted by the first Idaho State Legislature in 1891. It also appeared on the Idaho quarter from the US…