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assĕvērātĭo ( ads-), ōnis, f. [assevero].

An earnest pursuit of any thing; hence,

Of discourse, a vehement assertion, affirmation, asseveration:

omni tibi adseveratione affirmo,

Cic. Att. 13, 23: confirmatio est nostrorum argumentorum expositio cum adseveratione, Auct. ad Her. 1, 3; so Quint. 4, 2, 94; 11, 3, 2; Plin. Pan. 67; Tac. A. 6, 2; 4, 42; 4, 52.—

In Tac., of actions, a persevering earnestness, vehemence, rigor:

igitur multā adseveratione... coguntur patres, etc.,

Tac. A. 4, 19:

accusatio tamen apud patres adseveratione eādem peracta,

id. ib. 2, 31.—

In the old gram. lang., a strengthening part of speech, a word of emphasis:

adiciebant et adseverationem, ut heu,

Quint. 1, 4, 20: (adseverat heu, dum miserabili orationi ipsius, qui dicit dolorem, adjungit, Spald.).

assĕvērātĭo ( ads-), ōnis, f. [assevero].

An earnest pursuit of any thing; hence,

Of discourse, a vehement assertion, affirmation, asseveration:

omni tibi adseveratione affirmo,

Cic. Att. 13, 23: confirmatio est nostrorum argumentorum expositio cum adseveratione, Auct. ad Her. 1, 3; so Quint. 4, 2, 94; 11, 3, 2; Plin. Pan. 67; Tac. A. 6, 2; 4, 42; 4, 52.—

In Tac., of actions, a persevering earnestness, vehemence, rigor:

igitur multā adseveratione... coguntur patres, etc.,

Tac. A. 4, 19:

accusatio tamen apud patres adseveratione eādem peracta,

id. ib. 2, 31.—

In the old gram. lang., a strengthening part of speech, a word of emphasis:

adiciebant et adseverationem, ut heu,

Quint. 1, 4, 20: (adseverat heu, dum miserabili orationi ipsius, qui dicit dolorem, adjungit, Spald.).

persĕvēro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [perseverus].

Neutr., to abide by or adhere to strictly; to continue steadfastly, to persist, persevere in any thing (class.; syn.: persisto, permaneo).

With in and abl.:

perseveras tu quidem et in tuā vetere sententiā permanes,

Cic. Leg. 3, 11, 26; so,

in suā sententiā,

id. Phil. 4, 4, 11:

in vitiis,

id. Inv. 2, 2, 5:

in errore,

id. Phil. 12, 2, 5:

in eo perseveravit, jus publicano non dicere,

id. Prov. Cons. 5, 10; Vulg. Matt. 10, 22; id. Heb. 12, 7:

nobiscum,

continuing with us, id. Act. 27, 2.—

Impers. pass.:

perseveratum in irā est,

Liv. 2, 35; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 39, § 85:

in eo perseverandum putabat,

Caes. B. C. 1, 26, 2.—

Act., to go on or proceed with steadily, to persist, persevere in any thing (class.); usually constr with an object-clause; rarely with acc. or abl.

With inf.:

injuriam facere,

Cic. Quint. 8, 31: aliquem conservare, Curius ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 29, 1:

bello persequi,

Caes. B. G. 1, 13, 4.—With acc. and inf:

cum Orestes perseveraret, se esse Orestem,

stuck to it, Cic. Lael. 7, 24; so,

cum id facturos se perseverarent,

Vell. 2, 92, 3.—

With acc.:

neque te ipsum id perseverare et transigere potuisse,

Cic. Quint. 24, 76:

religiosam observantiam,

Symm. Ep. 1, 90 (96).—In the pass.:

ob haec illi quatriduo perseverata inedia est,

Just. 12, 6, 15 —

With abl.:

bellis continuis perseverare,

Just. 38, 4, 11.—Hence, persĕvērans, antis, P. a., persevering; with abl.:

perseverantior caedendis (hostibus),

Liv. 5, 31, 4 (Madv. caedendi).— Absol.:

perseverantissimus sui cultus,

Val. Max. 6, 6, 1 ext.: perseverantissimum studium, Col. praef. 1, § 19: pertinaciter perseverans, Jul. Obseq. 64:

valetudo,

Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 9:

perseverantissima pietas,

Aug. Ep. 555.— Adv.: persĕvēranter, perseveringly:

tueri,

Liv. 4, 60, 5:

tacere,

Val. Max. 6, 1, 7.— Comp.:

perseverantius saevire,

Liv. 21, 10, 7.— Sup.:

aliquem perseverantissime diligere,

Plin. Ep. 4, 21, 3 (dub.; Keil, persevera).

per-tĭnax, ācis, adj. [tenax], that holds fast, that clings firmly, very tenacious.

Lit. (only poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

digitus male pertinax,

Hor. C. 1, 9, 24:

ales unguibus pertinax,

App. Flor. p. 366: tenaxne pater ejus est? Ph. Pater immo edepol pertinax, exceedingly avaricious, Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 39.—

Transf., that lasts long, very durable:

spiritus,

Plin. 10, 29, 43, § 81:

siligo in Allobrogum agro pertinax,

id. 18, 8, 20, § 85.—

Trop., firm, constant, steadfast, persevering, unyielding; in a bad sense, obstinate, pertinacious, stubborn (cf. pervicax); constr. absol., with in and abl.; also (rare and not ante-Aug.) with in and acc., adversus and acc., ad and acc.; also (post-Aug.) with gen., Att. ap. Non. 433, 6 sq.:

concertationes in disputando pertinaces,

Cic. Fin. 1, 8, 27 sq.:

pertinacissimus fueris, si, etc.,

id. ib. 2, 33, 107:

valde pertinax,

id. ib. 2, 3, 9:

pertinax fama,

Plin. 24, 17, 101, § 159:

studium, Quint. Inst. prooem.: certamen,

Liv. 2, 40:

stare pertinaci statu,

Gell. 2, 1, 2:

octoginta milia fortissimae pertinacissimaeque in retinendis armis juventutis,

Vell. 2, 27, 1:

pertinax virtus,

Liv. 25, 14:

pertinax adversus temerarios impetus,

id. 28, 22, 14:

pertinacior in repugnando,

id. 29, 33:

pertinax ad obtinendam injuriam,

id. 29, 1, 17:

in quod coepit pertinax et intenta,

Sen. Ira, 1, 1, 2.—

Poet., with inf.:

fortuna... Ludum insolentem ludere pertinax,

Hor. C. 3, 29, 51.—

With gen.:

justitiae,

App. Mag. p. 338, 34:

irae,

Val. Max. 6, 3, 3.—Hence, adv.: pertĭnācĭter.

Very fast or firmly, very tenaciously, persistently:

haec ipsa magis pertinaciter haerent, quo deteriora sunt,

Quint. 1, 1, 5; Suet. Tib. 74:

pertinacius resistere,

Plin. 16, 43, 83, § 227:

pertinacissime retinere,

id. 33, 6, 32, § 100. —

Constantly, firmly, steadily, perseveringly; obstinately, stubbornly, pertinaciously:

pertinaciter liberalibus studiis deditus,

Suet. Claud. 40 fin.:

pertinaciter in aliquā re manere,

Varr. R. R. 1, 20: pertinaciter offensus, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 1:

contendere,

Suet. Caes. 1:

studere,

Sen. Ep. 5, 1.— Comp.:

pertinacius insequi,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 13.— Sup.:

pertinacissime pabulo abstinere,

Suet. Caes. 81 med.; id. Ner. 56.—

Pertĭnax, ācis, m., surname of the emperor P. Helvius, who succeeded Commodus on the throne, Capitol. Pert. 1; Aur. Vict. Epit. 18.

per-tĭnax, ācis, adj. [tenax], that holds fast, that clings firmly, very tenacious.

Lit. (only poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

digitus male pertinax,

Hor. C. 1, 9, 24:

ales unguibus pertinax,

App. Flor. p. 366: tenaxne pater ejus est? Ph. Pater immo edepol pertinax, exceedingly avaricious, Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 39.—

Transf., that lasts long, very durable:

spiritus,

Plin. 10, 29, 43, § 81:

siligo in Allobrogum agro pertinax,

id. 18, 8, 20, § 85.—

Trop., firm, constant, steadfast, persevering, unyielding; in a bad sense, obstinate, pertinacious, stubborn (cf. pervicax); constr. absol., with in and abl.; also (rare and not ante-Aug.) with in and acc., adversus and acc., ad and acc.; also (post-Aug.) with gen., Att. ap. Non. 433, 6 sq.:

concertationes in disputando pertinaces,

Cic. Fin. 1, 8, 27 sq.:

pertinacissimus fueris, si, etc.,

id. ib. 2, 33, 107:

valde pertinax,

id. ib. 2, 3, 9:

pertinax fama,

Plin. 24, 17, 101, § 159:

studium, Quint. Inst. prooem.: certamen,

Liv. 2, 40:

stare pertinaci statu,

Gell. 2, 1, 2:

octoginta milia fortissimae pertinacissimaeque in retinendis armis juventutis,

Vell. 2, 27, 1:

pertinax virtus,

Liv. 25, 14:

pertinax adversus temerarios impetus,

id. 28, 22, 14:

pertinacior in repugnando,

id. 29, 33:

pertinax ad obtinendam injuriam,

id. 29, 1, 17:

in quod coepit pertinax et intenta,

Sen. Ira, 1, 1, 2.—

Poet., with inf.:

fortuna... Ludum insolentem ludere pertinax,

Hor. C. 3, 29, 51.—

With gen.:

justitiae,

App. Mag. p. 338, 34:

irae,

Val. Max. 6, 3, 3.—Hence, adv.: pertĭnācĭter.

Very fast or firmly, very tenaciously, persistently:

haec ipsa magis pertinaciter haerent, quo deteriora sunt,

Quint. 1, 1, 5; Suet. Tib. 74:

pertinacius resistere,

Plin. 16, 43, 83, § 227:

pertinacissime retinere,

id. 33, 6, 32, § 100. —

Constantly, firmly, steadily, perseveringly; obstinately, stubbornly, pertinaciously:

pertinaciter liberalibus studiis deditus,

Suet. Claud. 40 fin.:

pertinaciter in aliquā re manere,

Varr. R. R. 1, 20: pertinaciter offensus, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 1:

contendere,

Suet. Caes. 1:

studere,

Sen. Ep. 5, 1.— Comp.:

pertinacius insequi,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 13.— Sup.:

pertinacissime pabulo abstinere,

Suet. Caes. 81 med.; id. Ner. 56.—

Pertĭnax, ācis, m., surname of the emperor P. Helvius, who succeeded Commodus on the throne, Capitol. Pert. 1; Aur. Vict. Epit. 18.

rĕ-mănĕo, mansi, 2, v. n., to stay or remain behind (freq. and class.: cf. commoror).

In gen., absol.:

ita sermone confecto, Catulus remansit, nos ad naviculas nostras descendimus,

Cic. Ac. 2, 48, 148; id. Cat. 1, 3, 7 (opp. discessus):

qui per causam valetudinis remansit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 87:

in castris Pompei,

id. ib. 3, 97:

cubito remanete presso,

Hor. C. 1, 27, 8:

quid fugis? O remane,

Ov. M. 3, 477 (opp. deserere) et saep.:

mulieres nostrae Romae remanserunt,

Cic. Att. 7, 14, 3:

Romae,

Caes. B. C. 1, 33; 3, 83:

in exercitu,

Cic. Off. 1, 11, 36:

in Galliā,

Caes. B. G. 4, 8:

ad urbem cum imperio,

id. ib. 6, 1:

domi,

id. ib. 4, 1:

apud aliquem,

id. ib. 4, 15 fin.:

ferrum ex hastili in corpore remanserat,

Nep. Epam. 9, 3:

qui tam pauci remanserint,

Just. 11, 4, 4.—

In partic., to stay, remain, be left, continue, abide, endure:

at manet in vitā, cui mens animusque remansit,

Lucr. 3, 402; 1, 246:

expone igitur primum animos remanere post mortem,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 26:

equos eodem remanere vestigio adsuefaciunt,

Caes. B. G. 4, 2; cf.:

vestigia antiqui officii remanent,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 10, 27; cf.:

quorum usque ad nostram memoriam disciplina navalis et gloria remansit,

id. Imp. Pomp. 18, 54:

in duris remanentem rebus amicum,

persevering, constant, Ov. Tr. 1, 9, 23:

specie remanente coronae,

id. M. 8, 181:

remanentes spicas,

the remaining ears, Vulg. Lev. 19, 9:

si ulla apud vos memoria remanet avi mei Masinissae,

Sall. J. 24, 10:

id nomen (i. e. hostis) a peregrino recepit et proprie in eo, qui arma contra ferret, remansit,

Cic. Off. 1, 12, 37; Quint. 1, 6, 32:

vobis aeterna sollicitudo remanebit,

Sall. J. 31, 22:

ne quam contumeliam remanere in exercitu victore sinat,

would suffer to cleave to the army, id. ib. 58, 5:

ne quid ex contagione noxae remaneret penes nos,

Liv. 9, 1:

quod est oratori necessarium, ab iis petere necesse est, apud quos remansit,

Quint. 12, 2, 8:

si quid antiqui remanet tibi vigoris,

Sen. Med. 41:

ne qua materia seditionis remaneret,

Just. 11, 5, 2:

solum se de cohorte Alexandri remansisse,

id. 17, 2, 2.—

With an adjectival predicate, to remain, continue in a certain state or condition (cf. relinquo, I. B. 3.):

quarum (sublicarum) pars inferior integra remanebat,

Caes. B. G. 7, 35:

quae (potentia senatūs) gravis et magna remanebat,

Cic. Rep. 2, 34, 59; Vell. 2, 123, 2:

nec cognoscenda remansit Herculis effigies,

Ov. M. 9, 264.