μέγα πνεῦμα καὶ πολλὴν θάλασσαν → strong wind and high waves
per-sĕvērus: a, um, adj.,I very strict: imperium, Tac. A. 15, 48.—Adv.: persĕ-vērē, very strictly: inquirere, Plin. Ep. 9, 5, 1.
persĕvērus,¹⁶ a, um, très sévère : Tac. Ann. 15, 48.