stubborn Copy link Outline 1. pervĭcax (from vinco2. pertĭnax3. refractārius (rare)4. contŭmax (stiff-necked; defiant and unyielding) • stubborn: 1. pervĭcax (from vinco: determined on carrying one's point): to be of so s. a temper ..., adeo p. animo esse, Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 17: (men) of s. daring, persistent hope, pervicaci audacia, pertinaci spe, Apul.: Tac. 2. pertĭnax: v. obstinate. 3. refractārius (rare): Join: contumax ac refractarius, Sen. Ep. 73, init. 4. contŭmax (stiff-necked; defiant and unyielding): arrogance and s. temper, arrogantia et c. animus, Tac. A. 5, 3. Faceté: a s. syllable (not fitting into verse), c. syllaba, Mart. 9, 11, 12.
STUBBORN Copy link • STUBBORNpertinax: pervicax: obstinatus: offirmatus: contumax [SYN. in OBSTINATE]: praefractus (not yielding): perversus (perverse, not so as it should be): difficilis: natura difficilis (obstinate, difficult to manage or to treat). (The words are found in this connection and order.) difficilis et morosus: ☞ refractarius and praefractus are entirely foreign to standard prose.