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per-sto , stĭti, stātum (
I.fut. part. perstaturus, Liv. 8, 34, 4), 1, v. n., to stand firmly, continue standing.
I. Lit. (rare): “frenatis equis equites diem totum perstabant,Liv. 44, 33 fin.: “exercitus a mane usque ad horam X. diei perstiterunt, Auct. B Afr. 61 in limine,Tib. 1, 5, 71.—
B. Transf., to remain steadfast or constant, to last, endure: nihil est toto quod perstet in orbe: cuncta fluunt, Ov. M. 15, 177; id. H. 18, 206: “laurea flaminibus, quae toto perstitit anno, Tollitur,id. F. 3, 137: “rabies,Luc. 5, 210.—
II. Trop., to stand fast or firm, to hold out, continue, persevere, persist in any thing (class.; syn.: persevero, permaneo); usually constr. with in and abl.: “negant posse, et in eo perstant,Cic. Off. 3, 9, 39: “in pravitate,id. Ac. 2, 8, 26: “in impudentiā,id. Rosc. Com. 9, 26: “in sententiā,id. ib. 18, 56; Caes. B. G. 7, 26; Liv. 37, 52, 10: “in incepto,id. 8, 33, 6 Drak. N. cr.; 8, 34, 4; “10, 13, 10: in pertinaci simulatione inopiae,id. 38, 14, 13: “in bello,Just. 14, 3, 5: “in iisdem dictis,Val. Fl. 4, 143.—Impers. pass.: “ut in decreto perstaretur,Liv. Epit. 49: “si perstaretur in bello,Tac. A. 13, 37: “optimates in Romanā societate perstandum censebant,Liv. 37, 9.—
(β). Absol.: “nunc quoque mens eadem perstat mihi,Verg. A. 5, 812: “talia perstabat memorans,id. ib. 2, 650: “persta atque obdura,Hor. S. 2, 5, 39: “perstitit Narcissus,persisted in his determination, Tac. A. 11, 29.—
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (21):
    • Caesar, Gallic War, 7.26
    • Cicero, For Quintus Roscius the Actor, 9.26
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 15.177
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 5.812
    • Horace, Satires, 2.5.39
    • Tacitus, Annales, 11.29
    • Tacitus, Annales, 13.37
    • Tacitus, Annales, 4.38
    • Lucan, Civil War, 5.210
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 37, 52.10
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 37, 9
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 8, 33
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 8, 34
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 38, 14
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 44, 33
    • Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, 2.33
    • Cicero, De Officiis, 3.9
    • C. Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica, 4.143
    • C. Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica, 7.58
    • Ovid, Ex Ponto, 1.5
    • Ovid, Fasti, 3
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