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persisto
persisto
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /perˈsis.toː/, [pɛrˈsɪs.toː]
Verb
persistō (present infinitive persistere, perfect active perstitī); third conjugation, no passive
- (intransitive) I persist, continue steadfastly.
- (intransitive) I remain.
Inflection
Descendants
- French: persister
References
- persisto in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- persisto in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “persisto”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.