persist Copy link Outline 1. persto, stĭti, stātum, 12. persĕvēro, 1 (denoting the active as persto does rather the passive side of persistency)3. insisto, stĭti, 3 (to urge on) • persist: 1. persto, stĭti, stātum, 1: to p. in anything, p. in aliqua re, Cic. Off. 3, 9, 39: if however they p.'d in war, sin perstaretur in bello, Tac. A. 13, 37. Join: perstare atque obdurare, Hor. S. 2, 5, 39. In same sense, persisto, 3: Liv. 2. persĕvēro, 1 (denoting the active as persto does rather the passive side of persistency): to p. in a fault, in vitio p., Cic. Inv. 2, 2, 5: foll. by acc. and inf.: he p.'d (in saying) that he was Orestes, perseveravit se esse Orestem, Cic. Am. 7, 24: Vell. Like persto, oft. impers.: they p.'d in their anger, perseveratum in ira est, Liv. 2, 35, med. 3. insisto, stĭti, 3 (to urge on): usu. with infin.: the Senate p.'d in demanding of him, that..., flagitare Senatus institit eum, ut..., Cic. Fam. 10. 16: v. to urge. To p. in saying, may also be expr. by dictito: cf. Cic. Verr. Act. 1, 2, 4; to p. in demanding, by flāgĭto (v. to demand): either of which may be strengthened by, assidue, iterum atque iterum, etc.