perstabant
Dictionary entries
- Entry →persto, perstare, perstiti, perstatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
stand firm; last, endure; persevere, persist in;
pl. imperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber XLIV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...armati omnes, et frenatis equis equites, diem totum perstabant; id cum aestiuis diebus urente adsiduo sole fieret..."Liber XLII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...magis, utrique pariter consuli infensi, in incepto perstabant. itaque cum de prouinciis ageretur et Macedonia iam imminente Persei..."