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1 pervinco
pervinco, vīci, victum, 3, v. n. and a.I.Lit.A. B.Act., to conquer or defeat completely, gain a complete victory over:II.ne nos subdolā perfidiā pervincamur,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 67:pervince, Theseu, quidquid alto in pectore Remanet pavoris,
Sen. Herc. Fur. 654:dominae pervincere mores,
Prop. 1, 17, 15.—Transf.A.To carry a point, maintain one's opinion: restitit ac pervicit Cato, Cic. Att. 2, 1, 8.—B. C.To induce or prevail upon with great effort, to effect with much labor, to bring about, achieve, etc.:D.multis rationibus pervicerat Rhodios, ut, etc.,
Liv. 42, 45:at illam non verbera, non ignes pervicere, quin, etc.,
Tac. A. 15, 57:pervicerunt quidem remis, ut tenerent terram,
they brought it about, Liv. 37, 16:neque pervincere potuit, ut referrent consules,
id. 4, 12:hoc est tibi pervincendum,
Cat. 76, 15; Tac. A. 14, 14.—To outbid in buying:E.si amas, eme: facito ut pretio pervincas tuo,
Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 57.—
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