perseverantia Latin · revision 34050

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=la persevērō}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''persevērantia''' ''f'' (genitive persevērantiae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|persevērāns|-ia]], the present participle of [[m|la|persevērō|t=to persist]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Cicero,^(Köbler 2010) who defines it in ''De Inventione'' as the steady and lasting persistence in a well-considered plan.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is resolute continuance in a course of action, persistence, steadfastness;^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL) Cicero also discusses whether ''pertinācia'' and ''persevērantia'' are the same.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL) Döderlein counts [[pervicacia|alt=pervicācia]] and ''persevērantia'' as virtues, firmness in a resolve, the second grounded in a character formed by training, against [[pertinacia|alt=pertinācia]] and [[contumacia|alt=contumācia]] as faults.^(Döderlein 1874) Scribonius Largus uses it of the persistence of a swelling, and Apuleius of the continued existence of the world.^(OLD 2012) Church Latin uses it of perseverance.^(Stelten 1995) English ''perseverance'' (mid-14th century) came through Old French and directly from Latin.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero defines it.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 125–175 AD – Apuleius of the world's continued existence.^(OLD 2012)

+ * mid-14th century – English ''perseverance''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|persistence|alt=Persistence]], [[m|en|steadfastness]], [[m|en|perseverance]]; persistence of an illness.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # Continued existence.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[persevero|alt=persevērō]]

+ * [[en|perseverance]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}