pervicacia
pervicacia, inflexibility, stubbornness, obstinacy
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pervicaciam Noun: feminine accusative singular of pervicacia
pervĭcācĭa, ae, f. [pervicax],
- 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.
pervicācia, ae, f. (pervicax), die Beharrlichkeit, die Hartnäckigkeit, Unbiegsamkeit, im üblen Sinne = die Starrköpfigkeit, der Eigensinn, mulierositas, pervicacia, ligurritio, Cic. Tusc. 4, 26: pervicacia tua et superbia, Liv. 9, 34, 24: Aegyptia, Treb. Poll. Claud. 11, 1: tu pertinaciam esse, Antiloche, hanc praedicas, ego pervicaciam aio, Acc. tr. 4 sq. – m. in u. Akk., pervicacia in hostem, Tac. ann. 12, 20. – m. Genet. Gerund., perdurandi pervicacia (der Kastanie), Plin. 17, 147.
scelestis vitae ~iam ‥ abluens
ut ‥ veritas probat magna ~ia contra fidem caelestis gratiae durat
rigor rebellis ~iae et moles magniloquae jactantiae
contra ‥ demonialium hostilitatum ~ias
academicorum more investigandi animo pocius quam ~ia contendendi
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 || solidité : perdurandi pervicacia Plin. 17, 147, force de résistance [dʼune ch.].
pervicācia ae, f
- pervicax, inflexibility, stubbornness, obstinacy, C.: tua, L.: in hostem, Ta.