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pertinacious

  • 1 pertināx

        pertināx ācis, adj. with comp. and sup.    [per+ tenax], persevering, unyielding, obstinate, pertinacious, stubborn: pertinacissimus fueris, si, etc.: virtus, L.: concertationes in disputando: pertinacior in repugnando, L.: ad obtinendam iniuriam, L.: adversus impetūs, L.: fortuna Ludum insolentem ludere pertinax, H.
    * * *
    (gen.), pertinacis ADJ
    persevering, obstinate; pertinacious

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  • 2 procāx

        procāx ācis, adj.    [PREC-], pertinacious, bold, insolent, forward, pert, wanton: mulier: in lacessendo: sermo, S.: libertas, Ph.: Auster, V.
    * * *
    (gen.), procacis ADJ
    pushing, impudent; undisciplined; frivolous

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  • 3 pūgnāx

        pūgnāx ācis, adj. with comp. and sup.    [pugno], fond of fighting, combative, warlike, martial: centuriones: Minerva, O.: filius Thetidis, H.: gentes pugnacissimae, Cu.: Cumque sit ignis aquae pugnax, at war with, O.— Combative, quarrelsome, contentious, passionate: oratio pugnacior: exordium dicendi.— Obstinate, pertinacious: nimis pugnax esse noluit: contra senatorem.
    * * *
    (gen.), pugnacis ADJ

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  • 4 contentiosus

    contentĭōsus, a, um, adj. [contentio], pertaining to contention, contentious, disputatious, headstrong, obstinate, pertinacious (mostly post-class.):

    contentiosa et pugnax oratio,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 19, 4:

    jurisdictio,

    Dig. 1, 16, 2.— Comp.:

    quid contentiosius, quam, etc.,

    Aug. Ep. 174:

    pernicies,

    obstinate, App. M. 8, p. 202, 23.— Adv.: con-tentĭōsē, pertinaciously, obstinately:

    dicere,

    Hier. ad Jovin. 2, 10.— Comp.:

    loqui,

    Quint. Decl. 18, 6.— Sup., Aug. Civ. Dei, 20, 1.

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  • 5 Pertinax

    per-tĭnax, ācis, adj. [tenax], that holds fast, that clings firmly, very tenacious.
    I.
    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.—
    B.
    Transf., that lasts long, very durable:

    spiritus,

    Plin. 10, 29, 43, § 81:

    siligo in Allobrogum agro pertinax,

    id. 18, 8, 20, § 85.—
    II.
    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.—
    (β).
    Poet., with inf.:

    fortuna... Ludum insolentem ludere pertinax,

    Hor. C. 3, 29, 51.—
    (γ).
    With gen.:

    justitiae,

    App. Mag. p. 338, 34:

    irae,

    Val. Max. 6, 3, 3.—Hence, adv.: pertĭnācĭter.
    A.
    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. —
    B.
    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.—
    III.
    Pertĭnax, ācis, m., surname of the emperor P. Helvius, who succeeded Commodus on the throne, Capitol. Pert. 1; Aur. Vict. Epit. 18.

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  • 6 pertinax

    per-tĭnax, ācis, adj. [tenax], that holds fast, that clings firmly, very tenacious.
    I.
    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.—
    B.
    Transf., that lasts long, very durable:

    spiritus,

    Plin. 10, 29, 43, § 81:

    siligo in Allobrogum agro pertinax,

    id. 18, 8, 20, § 85.—
    II.
    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.—
    (β).
    Poet., with inf.:

    fortuna... Ludum insolentem ludere pertinax,

    Hor. C. 3, 29, 51.—
    (γ).
    With gen.:

    justitiae,

    App. Mag. p. 338, 34:

    irae,

    Val. Max. 6, 3, 3.—Hence, adv.: pertĭnācĭter.
    A.
    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. —
    B.
    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.—
    III.
    Pertĭnax, ācis, m., surname of the emperor P. Helvius, who succeeded Commodus on the throne, Capitol. Pert. 1; Aur. Vict. Epit. 18.

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  • 7 pugnax

    pugnax, ācis, adj. [pugno], fond of fighting, combative, warlike, martial.
    I.
    Lit.:

    centuriones pugnaces,

    Cic. Phil. 8, 9, 26:

    acer et pugnax,

    id. Rep. 5, 8, 10 (from Non. 337, 31):

    Minerva,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 9, 7:

    Achivi,

    Hor. C. 3, 3, 27:

    filius Thetidis,

    id. ib. 4, 6, 8:

    gens,

    Tac. Agr. 17:

    hastas,

    Prop. 3, 7 (4, 8), 25:

    pugnacissimus quique,

    Tac. H. 4, 60:

    gentes pugnacissimae,

    Curt. 3, 9, 3: hac legione noli pugnacius quidquam putare, Asin. Pol. ap. Cic. Fam, 10, 31, 5:

    aries,

    Col. 7, 3, 6; cf.:

    galli gallinacei pugnacissimi duo,

    Petr. 86:

    ensis,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 7, 48.— Poet., with inf.:

    tenui pugnax instare veruto,

    Sil. 3, 363.—
    B.
    Trop., of a speech or of the speaker, combative, quarrelsome, contentious:

    oratio pugnacior (opp. pacatior),

    Cic. Brut. 31, 121:

    oratio pugnax et contentiosa,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 19, 5:

    exordium dicendi vehemens et pugnax, non saepe esse debeat,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 78, 317.—
    II.
    Transf., in gen., obstinate, refractory, pertinacious:

    Graecus nimis pugnax esse noluit,

    Cic. Pis. 28, 70: non est pugnax in vitiis, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 13, 1.—Of things, concrete and abstract; with dat.:

    ignis aquae pugnax,

    Ov. M. 1, 432; Plin. 15, 3, 4, § 13:

    musta,

    harsh, id. 14, 20, 25, § 125:

    quid ferri duritiā pugnacius?

    id. 36, 16, 25, § 127.—Hence, adv.: pugnācĭter, contentiously, violently, obstinately:

    certare cum aliis pugnaciter,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 20, 65:

    dicere,

    Quint. 9, 4, 126:

    ferire,

    Sen. Q. N. 1, 2, 11.— Comp.:

    alia pugnacius dicenda,

    Quint. 9, 4, 130.— Sup.:

    pugnacissime defendere sententiam,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 3, 9.

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