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καὶ ἤδη γε ἄπειμι παρὰ τὸν ἑταῖρον Κλεινίαν, ὅτι πυνθάνομαι χρόνου ἤδη ἀκάθαρτον εἶναι αὐτῷ τὴν γυναῖκα καὶ ταύτην νοσεῖν, ὅτι μὴ ῥεῖ. ὥστε οὐκέτι οὐδ' ἀναβαίνει αὐτήν, ἀλλ' ἄβατος καὶ ἀνήροτός ἐστιν → and now I depart for my companion, Cleinias since I have learned that for some time now his wife is unclean and she is ill because she does not flow, therefore he no longer sleeps with her but she is unavailable and untilled
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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
pervĭcācĭa: ae, f. pervicax,
I firmness, inflexibility; in a bad sense, stubbornness, obstinacy (syn.: pertinacia, perseverantia): avaritia, ambitio, mulierositas, pervicacia, Cic. Tusc. 4, 11, 26: haec pervicacia tua et superbia coëgit me loqui, Liv. 9, 34, 24: Aegyptia, Treb. Poll. Claud. 11, 1.—
II Transf., in a milder signif., firmness, steadiness, steadfastness: tu pertinaciam esse, hanc praedicas, ego pervicaciam aio, Att. ap. Non. 432, 32 sq. (Trag. Rel. v. 4 Rib.; v. the entire passage under pervicax): quantā pervicaciā in hostem, tantā beneficentiā adversus supplices utendum, Tac. A. 12, 20.— Of things: castanea pedamentis omnibus praefertur perdurandi pervicaciā, Plin. 17, 20, 34, § 147.
