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|lshtext=<b>pervĭcācĭa</b>: ae, f. [[pervicax]],<br /><b>I</b> [[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.—<br /><b>II</b> 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.
|lshtext=<b>pervĭcācĭa</b>: ae, f. [[pervicax]],<br /><b>I</b> [[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.—<br /><b>II</b> 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.
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|gf=<b>pervĭcācĭa</b>,¹³ æ, f. ([[pervicax]]),<br /><b>1</b> obstination, opiniâtreté [en mauv. part] : Cic. Tusc. 4, 26 ; Liv. 9, 34, 24<br /><b>2</b> acharnement, fermeté, constance : Acc. Tr. 4 (cf. Non. 433, 3 ) ; Tac. Ann. 12, 20 || solidité : perdurandi [[pervicacia]] Plin. 17, 147, force de résistance [d’une ch.].
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Revision as of 07:00, 14 August 2017

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.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

pervĭcācĭa,¹³ æ, f. (pervicax),
1 obstination, opiniâtreté [en mauv. part] : Cic. Tusc. 4, 26 ; Liv. 9, 34, 24
2 acharnement, fermeté, constance : Acc. Tr. 4 (cf. Non. 433, 3 ) ; Tac. Ann. 12, 20