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per-sterno, strāvi, strātum, 3, v. a., to pave all over, to make quite even or level: viam, Liv 10, 47, 4; Vitr. 7, 1, 7.

perstillo, āre, v. n., to leak, drip: tecta jugiter perstillantia, Vulg. Prov. 19, 13; 27, 15: domus, id. Ecclus. 11, 18.

per-stĭmŭlo, āre, v. a., to stimulate violently, Tac. A. 4, 12 fin.

per-stīpo, āvi, 1, v. a., to crowd or press together, Cael. Aur. Acut. 3, 8, 93.

per-sto, stĭti, stātum (fut. part. perstaturus, Liv. 8, 34, 4), 1, v. n., to stand firmly, continue standing.

  1. 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.
    1. 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.
  2. 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.
          1. (β) 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.
          2. (γ) 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.

perstrātus, a, um, Part., from persterno.

per-strĕpo, ŭi, ĭtum, 3, v. n. and a., to make much noise (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

  1. I. Neutr., to make a great noise, to resound, echo, ring: abeunt lavatum, perstrepunt, Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 52: tellus perstrepit, Sil. 8, 430: perstrepit rumor in aulā, Stat. Achill. 2, 76: clangor buccinae, Vulg. Exod. 19, 16.
  2. II. Act.
    1. A. To sound through, make a noise through, to make resound: turba perstrepit aedes, Claud. in Ruf. 1, 213: cubiculum jubilis suis, M. Aur. ap. Front. Ep. ad M. Caesarem, 4, 5 Mai.
      In pass.: clamore januas perstrepi, App. M. 3, p. 129.
    2. B. To make a great noise with or about any thing: nonne haec cotidie perstrepunt Ariani? Ambros. de Fide, 5, 16, 19.

perstrictĭo, ōnis, f. [perstringo],

  1. I. a rubbing, friction (post-class.), Veg. Vet. 1, 35; so id. ib. 1, 38.
  2. II. Trop., a verbal attack: de perstrictione diversae partis nihil cavetur, Paul. Sent. 5, 4, 15.

perstrictus, a, um, Part., from perstringo.

per-strīdo, ĕre, v. a., to roar or whistle through: perstridunt caerula (maria) venti, German. Arat. 1, 6.

per-stringo, nxi, ctum, 3, v. a.

  1. I. To bind tightly together; to draw together, draw up, contract: vitem, Cato, R. R. 32: stomachus nimio rigore perstrictus, Veg. Vet. 3, 53; Grat. Cyneg. 296.
  2. II. To graze, graze against a thing.
    1. A. Lit.: femur, Verg. A. 10, 344: solum aratro, to plough slightly, Cic. Agr. 2, 25: portam vomere, to graze against, id. Phil. 2, 40 dub. (al. praestr-).
      1. 2. Transf., To blunt by grazing against, to make dull, to dull: minaci murmure aures, to stun, deafen, Hor. C. 2, 1, 18: juvenem multo perstringunt lumine, Stat. Th. 5, 666 (but for perstringere oculos, aciem, etc., cf. praestringo).
    2. B. Trop.
      1. 1. To seize: horror ingens spectantes perstringit, Liv. 1, 25; Val. Fl. 7, 81; cf. id. 7, 194.
      2. 2. In partic.
        1. a. To touch or wound slightly with words; to blame, censure, reprimand, reprove (class.): alicujus voluntatem asperioribus facetiis, Cic. Planc. 14, 33: aliquem vocis libertate, id. Sest. 6, 14: aliquem suspicione, id. Sull. 16, 46: aliquem oblique, Tac. A. 5, 11: cultum habitumque alicujus lenibus verbis, id. ib. 2, 59: modice perstricti, id. ib. 4, 17: ad perstringendos mulcendosque militum animos, id. H. 1, 85.
        2. b. In speaking, to touch slightly, to glance over, to narrate briefly: leviter transire ac tantummodo perstringere unamquamque rem, Cic. Rosc. Am. 32, 91: quod meis omnibus litteris in Pompeianā laude perstrictus est (Crassus), belittled, slighted, id. Att. 1, 14, 3: perquam breviter perstringere atque attingere, id. de Or. 2, 49, 201: celeriter perstringere reliquum vitae cursum, id. Phil. 2, 19, 47: summatim, Vulg. Dan. 7, 1.

per-strŭo, xi, ctum, 3, v. a.,

  1. I. to build completely, build up: parietem in altitudinem, Vitr. 7, 4, 1.
  2. II. Trop.: falsitatem, Hilar. Op Hist. Fragm. 2, 30.

perstŭdĭōsē, adv., v. perstudiosus fin.

per-stŭdĭōsus, a, um, adj., very desirous, very fond of any thing: musicorum, Cic. Tusc. 5, 22, 63: litterarum Graecarum, id. Sen. 1 fin.
Adv.: perstŭdĭōsē, very eagerly, very fondly: audire aliquem, Cic. Brut. 56, 207.