obstinatio
Πάντα ταῦτα ἐπείρασα ἐν τῇ σοφίᾳ: εἶπα Σοφισθήσομαι, καὶ αὐτὴ ἐμακρύνθη ἀπ' ἐμοῦ· κτλ. (Εcclesiastes 7:23f., LXX version) → I tried to give proof in wisdom of all those things; I said, I will be wise, but that wisdom was far from me ...
Latin > English
obstinatio obstinationis N F :: determination, stubbornness
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
obstĭnātĭo: ōnis, f. obstino,
I firmness, in a good and bad sense; resolution, steadfastness, determination, inflexibility, stubbornness, obstinacy (class.; syn.: pertinacia, contumacia): quae ego omnia obstinatione sententiae repudiavi, out of adherence to my principles, Cic. Prov. Cons. 17, 41: animi, Sen. Ep. 94, 7: fidei, Tac. H. 3, 39: taciturna, obstinate silence, Nep. Att. 22, 2: inflexibilis, Plin. Ep. 10, 97, 3.—In plur., Tert. ad Nat. 1, 17.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
obstĭnātĭō,¹³ ōnis, f. (obstino), constance, persévérance, fermeté : sententiæ Cic. Prov. 41, attachement à [mon] sentiment, cf. Nep. Att. 22, 2 ; Tac. H. 3, 39 ; Sen. Ep. 94, 7.
Latin > German (Georges)
obstinātio, ōnis, f. (obstino), die Beharrlichkeit im Guten u. Bösen, die Hartnäckigkeit, Unveränderlichkeit im Entschlusse, der Starrsinn, animi, Sen.: sententiae, Festigkeit in seinen Grundsätzen, Cic.: fidei, unerschütterliche Treue, Tac.: taciturna, hartnäckiges Schweigen, Nep.: pertinacia et inflexibilis obstinatio, Plin. ep.: eandem obstinationem adventantis exercitus nuntiabant, Tac.
