Persto, perstas pérstititi, pérstitum, pen. cor. & perstâtum, pen. prod. perstâre Plin. To abide firmely: to stande surely: to continue to the ende.In limine perstar quidam. Tibul. One standeth still in the entrie.Animis perstare.Stat.To continue still in their mindes.In causam damni perstat vterque sui.Ouid.In impudentia perstare.Cic.To continue stil in.Perstare incœpto, vel in incœpto.Liui.To abide still in his purpose.Perstare in prauitate sua.Cic.Perstare in sententia.Cic.To abide firmely in his opinion.In societate perstare.Liu.Perstas certare.Ouid. Perftar contendere. Sil. Hyems perstat.Ouid.Mens eadÊ perstat mihi.Virg.I am in the same minde still.Pudor in ore perstat.Ouid.Rabies perstat. Lucan.
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per-sto, stĭti, stātum (fut. part. perstaturus, Liv. 8, 34, 4), 1, v. n., to stand firmly, continue standing.I.Lit. (rare): frenatis equis equites diem totum perstabant, Liv. 44, 33 fin.: exercitus a mane usque ad horam X. diei perstiterunt, Auct. B Afr. 61 in limine, Tib. 1, 5, 71.—B.Transf., to remain steadfast or constant, to last, endure: nihil est toto quod perstet in orbe: cuncta fluunt, Ov. M. 15, 177; id. H. 18, 206: laurea flaminibus, quae toto perstitit anno, Tollitur, id. F. 3, 137: rabies, Luc. 5, 210.—II.Trop., to stand fast or firm, to hold out, continue, persevere, persist in any thing (class.; syn.: persevero, permaneo); usually constr. with in and abl.: negant posse, et in eo perstant, Cic. Off. 3, 9, 39: in pravitate, id. Ac. 2, 8, 26: in impudentiā, id. Rosc. Com. 9, 26: in sententiā, id. ib. 18, 56; Caes. B. G. 7, 26; Liv. 37, 52, 10: in incepto, id. 8, 33, 6 Drak. N. cr.; 8, 34, 4; 10, 13, 10: in pertinaci simulatione inopiae, id. 38, 14, 13: in bello, Just. 14, 3, 5: in iisdem dictis, Val. Fl. 4, 143.—Impers. pass.: ut in decreto perstaretur, Liv. Epit. 49: si perstaretur in bello, Tac. A. 13, 37: optimates in Romanā societate perstandum censebant, Liv. 37, 9.— (b).Absol.: nunc quoque mens eadem perstat mihi, Verg. A. 5, 812: talia perstabat memorans, id. ib. 2, 650: persta atque obdura, Hor. S. 2, 5, 39: perstitit Narcissus,
persisted in his determination
, Tac. A. 11, 29.—(g). With inf.: aut pertinacissimus fueris, si perstiteris ad corpus ea, quae dixi, referre, Cic. Fin. 2, 33, 107 Madv. ad loc. 3 (B. and K.; al. perstiteris in eo): persto condere semen humo, Ov. P. 1, 5, 34: perstas non cedere terris, Val. Fl. 7, 58; Tac. A. 4, 38, 3.