perseverance Copy link Outline 1. persĕvērantia2. pertĭnācia (strictly the correlative vice to perseverance; i. e. obstinacy, q. v.3. constantia (steadfastness, keeping on with anything) • perseverance: 1. persĕvērantia: Cic. Inv. 2, 54, 164: Caes. 2. pertĭnācia (strictly the correlative vice to perseverance; i. e. obstinacy, q. v.: also in good sense): v. PERTINACITY. 3. constantia (steadfastness, keeping on with anything): Join: perseverantia atque constantia, Auct. B. Alex. 26. (Or expr. by persevero, 1: v. foll. art.)